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   "SFTV_troy"  wrote on 31st December:   
   > No we don't want mods.  That leads to censorship of ideas.  There are   
   > two main problems with Usenet today:   
   >   
   > - SPAM - which can be filted   
   >   
   > - It's boring text.  The general population wants pictures.  That's   
   > why the Web succeeded while plain-text BBSes and Gopher died out.   
   > Perhaps if Usenet was made to look more like the web-based forums with   
   > their Avatars and other colorful items, people would come b   
      
   Read the OP's suggestion a bit more carefully, before making the reflex   
   "censorship" objection.  They've actually managed to avoid that problem.   
   The idea is that a moderated and an unmoderated group would run in tandem.   
   ALL postings would appear in the unmoderated group, and those would then be   
   filtered for the moderated version.  Those bothered about seeing absolutely   
   everything could still wade through the unmoderated version.  Those who   
   couldn't be bothered, or newbies who wanted to try it out but wouldn't have   
   their own filters set up yet, could get most of the "signal" without most of   
   the "noise" from the moderated version.  Entirely up to them.  Really it's a   
   sort of third-party killfile service.   
      
   I agree with you about pictures, but Usenet is never going to be able to   
   compete on equal terms with all the web fora.  The best chance is to make   
   the most of our niche market - people who like plain text.   
      
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