[9087] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
sleaze
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John [Francis] Stracke)
Thu Dec 16 10:23:12 1993
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 09:28:52 +0500
From: francis@avalle.insoft.com (John [Francis] Stracke)
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: "Rob Raisch, The Internet Company"'s message of Wed, 15 Dec 1993 14:47:10 -0800 (PST) <Pine.3.85.9312151204.A15354-0100000@hmmm>
[minor netiquette--could people cut down on the CC:s? If it goes to
com-priv, I'll get it; no need to CC: it me & fill up my mailbox]
"Rob Raisch, The Internet Company" wrote:
>On Wed, 15 Dec 1993 francis@avalle.insoft.com wrote:
>
>> Keep in mind that, for many newsgroups, this "closed system" would be
>> just fine.
>
>Ummm.. I might be way off base here, but closed, moderated newsgroups
>demand a lot of time and effort -- some human making a load of editorial
No, no--not moderated newsgroups, just newsgroups where the poster's
identity is authenticated, and where there's an authority to sanction
posters *when someone complains*. This doesn't take editorial
discretion for the whole group, just for the parts that draw
complaints from the readership. Analogously, you don't expect the
police to notice that you've been burglarized; you call them to report
it.
Granted, if a group's readership consists solely of kids, a pedophilic
posting might not be caught; but it takes only one responsible adult
reading the group to catch something like this.
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