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Re: Since insults abound in here sometimes....

"hummingbird" <hummingbird@2die4.com> wrote in message
news:5hrv0cF3m455lU1@mid.individual.net...
> On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:54:37 GMT  'Umma Gumma'
> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
>
>>"hummingbird" <hummingbird@2die4.com> wrote in message
>>news:5hppfbF3lh8n8U2@mid.individual.net...
>>> On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:12:21 GMT  'Umma Gumma'
>>> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
>>>
>>>>Would it be a good idea if this NG were moderated?
>>>
>>>
>>> Brilliant idea UG. I proposed exactly that in this recent thread:
>>>
>>> Message-ID: <5e32amF35ljh1U6@mid.individual.net>
>>>
>>>
>>> Although my original post was made with some wry humour,
>>> it nevertheless had a very serious proposal behind it.
>
>
>
>>Well I just think that there seems to be a lot of bandwidth wasted in here
>>with flamers flaming and taking unnecessary pot shots at others. In
>>addition, I wonder what a (presumably) protestant priest turning to Islam,
>>however noble an exercise, has to do with freeware!
>
> Islam - probably nothing.
> Yes, there is a lot of wasted bandwidth, although people will have
> different views on what constitutes that. Personally I have no problem
> with the day-to-day OT exchanges and puns that go on between people
> and would not wish to see that moderated.  I *am* concerned with the
> rising amount of stalking (legal definition) and malicious
> gossip-peddling going on by a tiny number of ringleaders and the only
> way to stop that is to moderate the group.
>
> My earlier proposal (MID above) was that a new moderated group was
> set up and I guess that is how it would happen, although I'm not sure
> why this group couldn't move over to moderation if people wanted it.
>
> The challenge might be getting agreement on what is to be moderated
> out and then ensuring that the moderator behaves in a non-bias way.
>
>
> --
> If politicians resent being accused of spinning & lying,
> there's a very simple solution: they should stop doing it.

Well maybe what *I* need to do is immediately delete the flaming messages.
Instead of reading them. Although sometimes they DO make for a good laugh.

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