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   From: cpd@cat.pan.net   
      
   "redux"  wrote in message   
   news:ig2d2g$av8$1@tornado.tornevall.net...   
   > In article , "catpandaddy"   
   >  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>"KalElFan"  wrote in message   
   >>news:8oae21FvmvU1@mid.individual.net...   
   >>> "catpandaddy"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:ifnfgd$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   
   >   
   > You are just a Nazi.   
      
   Godwin, bye.   
      
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