Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 02:48:55 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Yoav Cohen-Sivan <ycs@netvision.net.il>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Better SNR suggestion for the mailing lists Message-ID: <19980904024855.00747@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <35F088FB.F21D9102@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 06:42:35PM -0600 References: <35EF0C6D.C3ACAD5F@netvision.net.il> <xzpbtowsvjl.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> <19980904002302.28650@follo.net> <35EF1D18.FF4A06B3@netvision.net.il> <19980904011815.33295@follo.net> <35F088FB.F21D9102@softweyr.com>
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On Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 06:42:35PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > Eivind Eklund wrote: > > > > Well, moderated lists generally have more benefits than closed-to-post > > lists. The problems are mostly when discussions start warping with > > the regular subscribers, anyway... > > Yeah, we tend to get a lot of discussions that should be moved to -chat > more quickly. > > Perhaps a semi-moderated list would work well, where the "moderator(s)" > can kill a topic? I don't know of Majordomo, or any other list manager, > supports such a feature, but it would sure be nice. > > On Planet FreeBSD, such a kill would be a sure sign the thread needs to > move to -chat or just DIE. This may a be a good idea for -hackers and -current - but for a good architecture list, I think we need a real moderator. We _don't_ want to get it over-trafficed and have the brilliant coders quit it. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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