Re[2]: The emperor's new clothes (was NOT)




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Subject: Re: The emperor's new clothes (was NOT)
Author:  fdic@moran.com at SMTP
Date:    3/14/97 4:43 AM


        I don't want to repeat what has already be said, and very eloquently by 
a few individuals; However my experiences reading newsgroups (which I do Daily) 
gives me the perspective that an Iris newsgroup would not in any way be 
equivalent or superior to the current Iris-L. The unmoderated newgroups are rife
with SPAM (unwanted off topic postings), vitriol from Flamers and their victims 
and crossposted (posting to several newsgroups at once) off-topic posts. All we 
need on Iris-L is one John Keslick Jr. ( he makes Brian Effords postings look 
like love poems) and the damage could be irreparable. This list allows the 
list-owner to remove such individuals where an unmoderated newsgroup does not. 
Now a Moderated newsgroup is another story but this requires a dedicated 
individual to read EVERY posting and then allow it to be posted to the group. 
The iris-L format allows for some level of control without burdening some poor 
person to this level.

        Lastly I would also like to point out that there are many netizens who 
only have E-mail access and no General Web access or newsgroup access. Also 
newsgroups are carried by individual ISP's by their choice only and as such some
newsgroups are not available to the subscriber.

        Oh and on the garden front we are spending the big bucks to have two 
Monterey Pines (80-100 feet tall) removed next week so as to get some SUN in the
bulk of the yard and I wonder what I'll be planting ....


        Chad Schroter
        Los Gatos CA Zone 9B
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