From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f9437,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9437,public X-Google-Thread: f9437,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9437,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b99334cb89bcb335 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,ca641b3dcee9ee4 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: Tim Ottinger Subject: Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated Date: 1998/10/12 Message-ID: <362274FB.9AEE9474@oma.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 400396567 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <907918039.22235@isc.org> <36210B47.6A5FE581@eiffel.com> <6vt32u$5mp@chronicle.concentric.net> <36226A36.6E162F42@s054.aone.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Object Mentor Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-10-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: The problem tends to be that perfectly interesting and valid discussions break out in the midst of a flame war, and are in the tree of the killed thread. I tried it and missed out on a lot. Now, it would work if everyone would create a new posting (without references to the troll thread) when they change topics, but they often don't. I hate killfiles because I miss the authors' more lucid postings. I use them because I finally decided it was worth missing the good stuff to miss the bad stuff, too, and I'm not sure that is true. Moderation would work better. I hate killthreads because I miss any worthwhile discussions which rise pheonix-like from the midst of the flames. Moderation would work better. We need really intelligent filters that can see the difference between an interesting bit and a bunch of noise. So we elected about six of them. Loryn Jenkins wrote: > > Haven't you ever explored the functionality netscape messenger gives to: > to "ignore thread", at any point in the thread tree?