From: Ralph Babel (rbabel@babylon.pfm-mainz.de)
Date: Sun Mar 19 2000 - 15:33:54 CST
Bill Davidsen wrote:
> As posters establish a track record they would be
> moved by the moderator to the "approved" category.
Why not leave it to the _readers_? Let _them_ decide what
"Approved:" (or "From:", or "Sender:" ...) header(s) they
like (signed or not - authentication is a different issue
anyway). We already have the tool for that: It's called
"killfile".
> The moderator could establish other categories if desired,
> like dubious for posts which have some SPAM characteristics.
Everybody is free to post their
favorite (group-specific) killfile.
> The reason I think this is useful is that the moderator
> doesn't have to check all posts in real time, because they
> all go out.
If they all go out anyway, what do we need
a moderator for in the first place?
> And readers can select to see what they want, so there is
> no possible issue of censorship.
They can do so even now.
> Note that this would also work if the
> posts were just digitally signed,
Exactly.