Thoughts re moderation, filtering, and name changes
Dale Thorn
dthorn at gte.net
Sun Jan 19 18:25:49 PST 1997
Greg Broiles wrote:
> One approach to the name question would be to eliminate
> "cypherpunks at toad.com" and force old/new subscribers to choose between
> "cypherpunks-edited" and "cypherpunks-unedited". The advantage I see is
> that it provides more accurate feedback about what people want; the present
> method provides information about the perceived value of unmoderation
> weighed against the bother of dealing with subscribing & unsubscribing. The
> disadvantage is that it's likely to eliminate many subscribers, and that it
> tends to abandon the "cypherpunks at toad.com" history which is, by now, ~5
> years old.
A good thought, Greg. One problem, though. My suspicion is that
Gilmore/Sandfort really wanted to have all the current subscribers
to the old unedited list to automatically be part of the new edited
list. I don't think your possible approach would be acceptable to
anyone I know, forcing people to re-subscribe (and implying that those
who don't do anything would be unsubscribed, which would freak the
list owners out for sure).
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