🚀 go-pugleaf

David, I think you have missed the point.

As it stands, can.infohighway is virtually useless to anyone who wants to discuss 
info highway issues. I agree the topics you raise could be included in the mandate 
of a moderated group, and that can be discussed.

But a group which has more than 80-90 percent of its posts totally off-topic 
(Christianity, goths ....) then there are two choices -- moderate it, or abandon it. 
It is not reasonable to expect most people to set up kill-files, filters etc., to 
screen out MOST of the posts.

What has happened is that many former participants have simply abandoned the 
newsgroup, which is a loss to the internet and the Canadian telecom.

A very light-handed moderating process could solve this, and be no danger at all to 
open discussion. 

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