On Sat, 31 May 1997, Chris.Hilker wrote:
} Fairly good idea, but I think I have a better one - currently, majordomo
} filters out any posts to the lists that contain the word "vnsvbscribe"
} (replace v with u) and sends them to the list-owner for approval or other
} action. My suggestion is to add a few keywords that always pop up in these
} pointless discussions that never go anywhere, say, "mainstream" and
} "sellout." Cutting out posts that contain these words and nipping these
} ridiculous discussions in the bud would make the list a much nicer place,
} I think.
Hmm... I hope you are joking here. Automated censorship is a
really awful idea IMO. Imagaine the floodgates that would open.
} Of course, an even better solution would be to create an unwritten rule
} that each listmember should post at least one article containing a review,
} news item, or other useful contribution to the list, for each article he or
} she posts that doesn't contain one of these...
Yes, yes, yes! I think Fresh, Stuart, g, Aaron, Sean plus others
I've forgotten to mention should win some sort of award for adhering to
this unwritten rule. It's so much easier to bitch about trivial items
than post something worthwhile to the list. Let's try to go the extra
distance.
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