Except for one thing.. moderated groups generally do not have as much interaction. Many people avoid moderated groups because of the internal politics and they don't always like to subjugate themselves to someone else's personalities or whims. In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote: > It is possible to post an RFC and begin a movement to change a > newsgroup from unmoderated to moderated. It is a long process with > required steps and time limits but anyone can start the ball in > motion. > > That might make more sense than yet another newsgroup... > > -Doc > > > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:25:35 -0500, "Genjunkie" > <[email protected]> appears to have written: > > > > >"Lesley Robertson" <[email protected]> wrote in message > >news:[email protected] > >> > >> I wonder whether the simplest answer might not ultimately be to just > >start > >> another group with a slightly different name? > > > >Brilliant. > > > >:) > >

"Ghost" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > > Except for one thing.. moderated groups generally do not have as much > interaction. > > Many people avoid moderated groups because of the internal politics and > they don't always like to subjugate themselves to someone else's > personalities or whims. > > Cheryl seems to think the moderated group is "safer." I wonder about this. How "unsafe" can simple free verbal exchange really be? The real world must be terribly frightening to some if Usenet is so scary. Meanwhile, alt.genealogy.methods has little traffic, so I guess there isn't much interest in an unmoderated methods group at the moment. At least it is there, in case anyone wants to get some discussions going. > > > In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote: > > > It is possible to post an RFC and begin a movement to change a > > newsgroup from unmoderated to moderated. It is a long process with > > required steps and time limits but anyone can start the ball in > > motion. > > > > That might make more sense than yet another newsgroup... > > > > -Doc > > > > > > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:25:35 -0500, "Genjunkie" > > <[email protected]> appears to have written: > > > > > > > >"Lesley Robertson" <[email protected]> wrote in message > > >news:[email protected] > > >> > > >> I wonder whether the simplest answer might not ultimately be to just > > >start > > >> another group with a slightly different name? > > > > > >Brilliant. > > > > > >:) > > >

The effectiveness of moderation subsumes one or more persons willing to put lots of time into it. Another health-type group I used to read started out moderated and thing went swimmingly for a while. Then the moderator disappeared. Eventually the group fizzled. That's the risk. In article <[email protected]>, Genjunkie <[email protected]> wrote: > "Ghost" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:user-0401041[email protected] > > > > Except for one thing.. moderated groups generally do not have as > much > > interaction. > > > > Many people avoid moderated groups because of the internal politics > and > > they don't always like to subjugate themselves to someone else's > > personalities or whims. > > > > > > Cheryl seems to think the moderated group is "safer." > > I wonder about this. How "unsafe" can simple free verbal exchange > really be? > > The real world must be terribly frightening to some if Usenet is so > scary. > > Meanwhile, alt.genealogy.methods has little traffic, so I guess there > isn't > much interest in an unmoderated methods group at the moment. At least > it is there, in case anyone wants to get some discussions going.

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:23:33 GMT, [email protected] (Ghost) appears to have written: > >Except for one thing.. moderated groups generally do not have as much >interaction. > >Many people avoid moderated groups because of the internal politics and >they don't always like to subjugate themselves to someone else's >personalities or whims. Not entirely true. Moderators have to abide by the bylaws created during the RFC process. I have moderated a music newsgroup for the past 5 years and it has gone well and the noise posts (e.g "Hansen is god" flamewars, etc) is almost nonexistant. Having said that, moderation is not for every group. I find kill files and judicious filtering to help a great deal. -Doc