! Jim McCoy wrote: ! > qut@netcom.com (Skip) writes: ! > > My suggestion number #1: ! > > No moderation. ! > ! > Suggestion 1 on how to diminish the feeble S/N ratio on cypherpunks: ! > ! > make it a newsgroup ! > Suggestion 2: ! > make it an unmoderated newsgroup ! ! How about making it a robomoderated newsgroup with only one enforced ! rule, forbidding any crossposting? If moderation, then why not moderator(s) who simply send out cancel messages to everthing that is crossposted? Traditional moderated newsgroups are technically inferior because all posts go through netnews chokepoints and then depends on the moderator(s) who's inevitable position has been the irresponsible one of keeping the position long after they lose interest with the high volumes. Even if their was such a person, there is still are chokepoint problem which is stupid to engage in. In any case, creation of comp.org.cypherpunks in no way means gatewaying or shutting down cypherpunks@toad.com . -- Love, Skip, OBC

ON ! ! qut@netcom.com (Skip, OBC) writes: ! ! > ! Jim McCoy wrote: ! > ! > qut@netcom.com (Skip) writes: ! > ! > > My suggestion number #1: ! > ! > > No moderation. ! > ! > ! > ! > Suggestion 1 on how to diminish the feeble S/N ratio on cypherpunks: ! > ! > ! > ! > make it a newsgroup ! > ! > Suggestion 2: ! > ! > make it an unmoderated newsgroup ! > ! ! > ! How about making it a robomoderated newsgroup with only one enforced ! > ! rule, forbidding any crossposting? ! > ! > If moderation, then why not moderator(s) who simply send out cancel ! > messages to everthing that is crossposted? Traditional moderated ! > newsgroups are technically inferior because all posts go through netnews ! > chokepoints and then depends on the moderator(s) who's inevitable ! > position has been the irresponsible one of keeping the position long ! > after they lose interest with the high volumes. Even if their was such ! > a person, there is still are chokepoint problem which is stupid to ! > engage in. ! > ! > In any case, creation of comp.org.cypherpunks in no way means gatewaying ! > or shutting down cypherpunks@toad.com . ! ! How about a NoCeM-moderated newsgroup? ! I.e., several parties can issue 'hide' NoCeM notices for whatever ! material they consider off-topic, including cross-posts. Several ! other parties can issue 'highlight' NoCeM's for articles they ! consider particularly worthy. With the advent of killfiles and all sorts of filtering capabilities, there is no excuse for requiring moderation at all other than for purposes of censorship. ! --- ! ! Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM ! Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps !