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: 103376,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: f9437,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9437,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b99334cb89bcb335 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: jstok@SPAMBLOCKED.apana.org.au (Jason Stokes) Subject: Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated Date: 1998/10/12 Message-ID: <6vsuhb$grp$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 400228296 References: <907918039.22235@isc.org> <36210B47.6A5FE581@eiffel.com> Organization: OzEmail Ltd. 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: In article , Patrick May wrote: >In article <36210B47.6A5FE581@eiffel.com> Bertrand Meyer writes: > > `comp.object.moderated' is a blatant attempt at censoring > > any non-conforming view on object technology. > > The creation of comp.object.moderated is an attempt to maintain a >minimum level of civility in the discussion of OO technology. The >charter does not allow censorship based on content. This group has >been requested solely due to the pollution of comp.object by a single >prolific poster who makes some interesting points but wraps them in >flames, insults, and off-topic material. A single prolific poster can be killfiled quite easily. Any self respecting news reader software will have a feature to score and reject articles from particular people automatically. If it was more than one, it might be a problem. But I doubt it has reached a 'tradgedy of the commons' situation just yet. -- Jason Stokes: jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au