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In article <Jym.19Jan1993.1918@naughty-peahen>, jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes:
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> =o= I've never seen a newsgroup moderated perfectly.  Like any
> moderator, Rich Winkel is entitled to the occasional mistake.
> I don't see anyone complaining about it except some Maoist
> zealots and the folks who, by hook or by crook, tried to prevent
> the group from being created in the first place.

	On the contrary, a lot of people expressed dismay that Harel was
allowed to advertise the apparent status of the vote to an email list.

	Hook or crook indeed.

> =o= I've seen no serious objections to the newsgroups or its
> moderation from the community it's intended to serve (i.e.
> "progressive" activists).

	As long as Harel gets to decide who is "progressive" of course :).

>  Indeed, it's become one of the top
> ten most popular "conferences" at IGC, which is the world's
> largest collection of on-line "progressive" activists.
>     <_Jym_>

	And one of the top ten most costly newsgroups here on Usenet.

	But then again Rush Limbaugh has the most popular book in the US for 17
weeks now :).

Brett
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