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I support moderation!

Ian Angus makes a good case.

Colin W.
Ian Angus (ianangus@angustel.ca) wrote:

: 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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