rec.pets.cats.breeds

Noreen Cooper wrote:

Killfiles are imperfect instruments, IMO. First off, when you decide to
drop someone in your killfile you have forever judged their opinions on
all topics never to be worth reading. That may be wise in some cases but
not all. Secondly, in heated debates even if you've killfiled someone,
you'll be reading their posts in someone else's post, that I'll guarantee
you.

This is completely false. This depends on the newsreader. Mine permits
me to kill just the posts by an individual, or both the individual's
posts and all followups, or subthreads regardless of who the posters
are, or posts with a certain keywords in body or headers, or based on
the crossposting, or ...

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Misty9999 wrote:

You also have to allow for people barely know how to use a newsreader
and don't even know how ( or have the capability ) to kill threads or
use a killfile. Ever heard of AOL , Web TV etc.

Users of AOL and similar services have the option of using their AOL
connection and the newsreader software of their choice to access either
a free or commercial news server.

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Misty9999 wrote:

You also have to allow for people barely know how to use a newsreader
and don't even know how ( or have the capability ) to kill threads or
use a killfile. Ever heard of AOL , Web TV etc.

Users of AOL and similar services have the option of using their AOL
connection and the newsreader software of their choice to access either
a free or commercial news server.

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help for new users of newsgroups at http://www.aptalaska.net/~kmorgan/
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OE-quotefix can fix OE:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

Misty9999 wrote:

You also have to allow for people barely know how to use a newsreader
and don't even know how ( or have the capability ) to kill threads or
use a killfile. Ever heard of AOL , Web TV etc.

Users of AOL and similar services have the option of using their AOL
connection and the newsreader software of their choice to access either
a free or commercial news server.

--
Kathy - read reviews of other newsgroups in news:news.groups.reviews
help for new users of newsgroups at http://www.aptalaska.net/~kmorgan/
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BarB wrote:

You could be right, but if it is to be moderated at all, I wouldn't want
to see any abusive posts. I'd hate the proposal to lose votes over
moderation though. Votes are going to be scarce enough as it is. Perhaps
the proponent should run a straw poll by email to gauge potential
traffic.

I would like to see the group established whether or not it's moderated. I
think people other than breeders would support it, because too many times I've
seen people post here something to the effect of: "I have a two year old
Somali with this problem, etc." only to be attacked for owning a purebred. Half
the time the original question isn't even addressed because the thread turns
into a war over buying purebred cats.

I'm not so sure an unmoderated group would be that bad. I'm sure some people
would drop by just to argue the issue, but presumably they would be outgunned
and give up after a while. That's how it seems to work on a number of other
boards and groups, because the regulars are in common agreement.

BarB wrote:

You could be right, but if it is to be moderated at all, I wouldn't want
to see any abusive posts. I'd hate the proposal to lose votes over
moderation though. Votes are going to be scarce enough as it is. Perhaps
the proponent should run a straw poll by email to gauge potential
traffic.

I would like to see the group established whether or not it's moderated. I
think people other than breeders would support it, because too many times I've
seen people post here something to the effect of: "I have a two year old
Somali with this problem, etc." only to be attacked for owning a purebred. Half
the time the original question isn't even addressed because the thread turns
into a war over buying purebred cats.

I'm not so sure an unmoderated group would be that bad. I'm sure some people
would drop by just to argue the issue, but presumably they would be outgunned
and give up after a while. That's how it seems to work on a number of other
boards and groups, because the regulars are in common agreement.

BarB wrote:

You could be right, but if it is to be moderated at all, I wouldn't want
to see any abusive posts. I'd hate the proposal to lose votes over
moderation though. Votes are going to be scarce enough as it is. Perhaps
the proponent should run a straw poll by email to gauge potential
traffic.

I would like to see the group established whether or not it's moderated. I
think people other than breeders would support it, because too many times I've
seen people post here something to the effect of: "I have a two year old
Somali with this problem, etc." only to be attacked for owning a purebred. Half
the time the original question isn't even addressed because the thread turns
into a war over buying purebred cats.

I'm not so sure an unmoderated group would be that bad. I'm sure some people
would drop by just to argue the issue, but presumably they would be outgunned
and give up after a while. That's how it seems to work on a number of other
boards and groups, because the regulars are in common agreement.

Misty9999 writes:
There are many groups that have custom robomoderators. This works well
in if you can find highly computer literate people who are willing to
moderate. The reason I suggested Ready Stump is because anybody can
use it.

Anyone can use my software, and what's more, I have yet to charge anyone
for using it. Igor's rates, while probably fair, could entirely pay for
my network connection expenses with only one or two groups. I'm
currently hosting, let's see, 26 Usenet groups, and one uk.* group,
coving a wide range of moderation styles from full hand moderation to
full robomoderation, and many points inbetween.

I'm sure I could find room for a cats group, at something of a discount
to what Ready STUMP would be costing...

Brian.

Misty9999 writes:
There are many groups that have custom robomoderators. This works well
in if you can find highly computer literate people who are willing to
moderate. The reason I suggested Ready Stump is because anybody can
use it.

Anyone can use my software, and what's more, I have yet to charge anyone
for using it. Igor's rates, while probably fair, could entirely pay for
my network connection expenses with only one or two groups. I'm
currently hosting, let's see, 26 Usenet groups, and one uk.* group,
coving a wide range of moderation styles from full hand moderation to
full robomoderation, and many points inbetween.

I'm sure I could find room for a cats group, at something of a discount
to what Ready STUMP would be costing...

Brian.

Misty9999 writes:
There are many groups that have custom robomoderators. This works well
in if you can find highly computer literate people who are willing to
moderate. The reason I suggested Ready Stump is because anybody can
use it.

Anyone can use my software, and what's more, I have yet to charge anyone
for using it. Igor's rates, while probably fair, could entirely pay for
my network connection expenses with only one or two groups. I'm
currently hosting, let's see, 26 Usenet groups, and one uk.* group,
coving a wide range of moderation styles from full hand moderation to
full robomoderation, and many points inbetween.

I'm sure I could find room for a cats group, at something of a discount
to what Ready STUMP would be costing...

Brian.