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   "KalElFan"  wrote in message   
   news:8oae21FvmvU1@mid.individual.net...   
   > "catpandaddy"  wrote in message   
   > news:ifnfgd$s7d$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >   
   >> Isn't all of this already accomplished with killfile rules on a good   
   >> newsreader?  People can already choose what to filter out by their   
   >> own preferences, ...   
   >   
   > My guess is maybe 15% of longtimers have that way of looking at   
   > it or that philosophy.  I disagree with it and Optional Moderation   
   > inherently takes the user and especially new user perspective.  It   
   > provides the optional moderation, rather than effectively telling   
   > them "here's a bucket and a strainer, now filter the cesspool   
   > yourself."   
   >   
   > I think 85% of longtime Usenetters will be fine with the idea of OM   
   > and bringing in more newbies.   
      
   Newbies ARE the problem.  They don't know how to conduct themselves.  Usenet   
   in its very first year was negligible noise and nearly all signal.  No   
   moderation was necessary.  Then the unwashed masses found their way in, and   
   we can all see the results.  It is quite clear that bringing more newbies in   
   directly correlates to the situation Usenet finds itself in today.  The   
   solution is to go back to what worked at Usenet's inception, and this time   
   stick to it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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