Re: translation needed

Paul Bennett wrote:
> My opinion has always been that the newgroups are there for any eejit with an
> ISP to jump in and start trolling, whereas lists need a bit more effort to find
> and join.  The extra work required tends to discourage the ignorant,
> feeble-minded and closed-minded.
>
There is also the matter of moderation. Mailing lists can be moderated
if anyone is willing to do the work. At least within the major newsgroup
hierarchies, creation of a moderated group takes extra work, is subject
to a vote, and sometimes will not pass simply because many people on the
internet still subscribe to a very free-wheeling kind of atmosphere.

That said, I'm on a half-dozen needlework-related lists. Those are all
very pleasant and well-behaved, not the least of which is that they all
boast fair-minded but tough moderators ("dictator-for-life" as one
moderator says), who tolerate not the slightest hint of ill behavior.
No, I'm not suggesting that we need such here. In general, this is also
one of the nicest places on the net that I frequent.

Laurie
milo@winternet.com
http://www.winternet.com/~milo
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