On Mon, 20 May 2002, Dan Wright wrote:
> So what you're saying is, you want a magic "on-topic/off-topic" filter. Which
> basically comes down to the list being 100% moderated. Which is something
> people have said they don't want, and I agree... You can't have your cake and
> eat it too, Sellam. If you want to get rid off all the off-topic stuff,
> you're going to miss some on-topic stuff that gets caught in the noise no
> matter what method you choose. If we were using your proposal, you would be
> bitching because people wouldn't be 100% self-policing. Please make your
> choice and stop whining. I'm really sick of hearing about how the list change
> didn't turn out to be implemented according to your pet idea of how the list
> should be run.
Jeez, Dan, you can't have your cake and eat it too. You're just going to
have to put up with the noise on CCTALK because it's intended for such
posts. If you don't want to read my whining, you should just move over to
CCTECH where it's nice and quiet.
> Really, this applies to everyone who keeps complaining, not just Sellam.
> I think Jay did a great job with the list change, and we should all give
> it a couple months (at least) to see how well it works before starting a
> new round of proposals for changing the list.
Well, there's no more spam (for now at least).
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Mon May 20 2002 - 11:34:30 BST