On Wednesday, May 22, 2002, Allie C Martin wrote... > Meaning that newsgroups, unless they're private, are usually not > moderated. This allows a lot of flaming, arguing, off-topic > discussions and circular discussions completing way too many circles > before ending.
Well, as is with the list, the newsgroup would be private, and maybe on just a single news server, provided by RitLabs, or a willing member of this list. And as it is just going to be a duplicate (or another method of viewing/posting) of the current list... the existing moderators have no extra work to do. JA>> I can understand that sometimes people post slightly different on JA>> news groups, > Yes. This is why I generally don't like them and have since stopped. > You yourself may end up posting differently. I haven't used a news group in a long while. Although I occasionally drop in them for information, and quick answers. JA>> but I've been on several news groups where they cross-post to JA>> mailing lists as well. When I say cross-post, I don't mean two JA>> individual addresses specified, I mean the mailing list JA>> software/news server software passing the messages between each JA>> other, no end user interaction on that part. > These lists are unmoderated, I assume. No... they can be moderated by the list moderator, or a dedicated newsgroup moderator (which would make either the list moderator redundant, or the newsgroup moderator pointless). > I do prefer an e-mail based list. TB! already has the capability to > thread messages so reading isn't a problem. The readers can > participate using TB!. In fact, the only problem is bandwidth, but I > think the advantages outweigh this disadvantage. I do agree. I can understand why people can see a newsgroup being a good idea, if they suffer bandwidth limitations, or even time limitations. > One big disadvantage for me would be that I'd have to check the > news server regularly and I'd have to put up with Gravity if I wanted > to prevent this. Argh! Don't forget that participants would have to > find a news reader and learn how to use it when they're already > learning to use TB!. It just seems wrong to put TB! aside to read a > discussion list about it. Understood. I can see the ideas of not using TB! to read about TB!... kind of defeats the whole purpose of TB! in general. > While I doubt that I'd be gone if a newsgroup were to be started, I > don't particularly agree with it though it's a free world of course > and anyone who wishes to start a news group can do so as was done > with these groups. :-) As my original idea said... it'd not replace the mail list... in fact it'll just be the mail list, but passed onto a news server. Any posts that hit the lists, get dropped into the news server, and any news postings get posted back to the list. There'd be no change in bandwidth usage for list owner (after all, it acts just like another email address), and the news server will sustain the same amount of data as the list. I'd be happy to look into it *only* if there is enough interest in the idea... and based on what a lot of you guys seem to be saying, there appears to be very little interest in it. I'm looking into a similar system for the company I work for, we'll be setting up our help list into a news server, while maintaining the mail list. So I'm already going to be halfway in the area of what I mentioned. -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60m FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
