[Uram-rejections] Moderation in all things.

Wed Jan 6 01:04:43 GMT 2016

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> From: Graham. <graham-usenet at mail.com>
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> Subject: Moderation in all things.
> Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:32:40 +0000
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> I thought it would be useful to have a discussion about the level of
> moderation in this group.
> 
> It must be a thankless task at times to be a moderator. The very word
> sounds like a euphemism for censor, and congers up a few others, like
> spoilsport and killjoy.
> 
> One day in July 1999 I came home with a 14.4kb/s modem that I had
> “borrowed” from work, plugged it into my 486DX66 PC, signed up for an
> X-Stream account and I had arrived on the Internet.
> 
> Within an hour or two I had discovered HTTP, SMTP, and of course NNTP,
> which looked particularly interesting, and I have used it almost daily
> ever since.
> 
> So in which group did I make my maiden post?  No prizes for guessing,
> and here it is, in all its newbie naivety, with my caps lock firmly
> on.
> 
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk.radio.amateur/gGoPKm7C-HU/s2qiftVPY8EJ
> 
> Although it’s not evident from the replies I got that first day, it
> soon became clear to me that u.r.a was not for me, there were people
> intent on destroying sensible discussion, and although I must have
> made countless thousands of posts and read many more, only a handful
> were made to u.r.a.
> 
> We all know that “moderation” does not sit well with Usenet. It’s
> against the spirit of the medium, but clearly in the case of our
> beleaguered group u.r.a, something had to be done.
> 
> So I decided to support u.r.a.m, admittedly after it was created, and
> I have read it daily, and made a couple of posts.
> 
> Yes, it’s frustrating they don’t appear instantly, but that’s the
> price we pay to keep the IQ0 operators away.
> 
> So here I was, reading the Wireless World thread, and to my dismay
> Brian wants to terminate it (Did I mention that Usenet moderation can
> be a thankless task?)
> 
> So, assuming I don’t get “moderated” what does the team think?
> What criteria should be used when moderating this group?
> 
> 73s G3ZVT
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Graham.
> 
> %Profound_observation%
> 
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