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Re: Ping: Keith Thompson and James Kuyper

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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> On 8/5/21 4:58 AM, MrSpud_kyb26@ticzoofkkulzlsguri.ac.uk wrote:
>> On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 17:26:30 +0000
>> Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> wrote:
>>> Please could you send an email to "board@big-8.org" to show your 
>>> willingness to be the two new moderators of
>>>
>>> "comp.lang.c++.moderated"
>>> "comp.lang.c.moderated"
>>>
>>> so that we can start to reopen those defunct newsgroups.
>>>
>>> Please see my previous posts about this matter which I have quoted below:
>>>
>>> Thank you for this if you can do this sometimes this week.
>> 
>> When comp.lang.c++ gets a single digit number of posts a day I fail to see
>> the point of a moderated group that will probably attract almost none. There's
>> probably a good reason the above groups are defunct.
>
> Those groups are defunct primarily because there were such long delays
> between when you posted a message to the group and when it finally
> showed up. New moderators with lots of spare time on their hands would
> probably solve that problem. I'm not in that position, yet - even when
> I'm fully retired, I'll still have to be a househusband and take care of
> two small children.
>
> A key advantage to a moderated newsgroup is that the posts that have
> been causing Google Groups to drop comp.lang.c on several occasions
> recently would be filtered out before coming to Google's attention.
>
> Keep in mind the name that was used to post that message. He has
> routinely lived down to that name, and anything he posts should be
> discounted accordingly. I've got him killfiled, and I wouldn't be
> surprised if Keith does, too.

I do as well.

In the past, I've vaguely thought about being willing to moderate
comp.lang.c.moderated, but at this point I'm not convinced it would be
worth the effort.  Real Troll won't be the one to convince me.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Philips
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Ping: Keith Thompson and James Kuyper Real Troll <real.troll@trolls.com> - 2021-08-04 17:26 +0000
  Re: Ping: Keith Thompson and James Kuyper MrSpud_kyb26@ticzoofkkulzlsguri.ac.uk - 2021-08-05 08:58 +0000
    Re: Ping: Keith Thompson and James Kuyper James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-08-05 08:04 -0400
      Re: Ping: Keith Thompson and James Kuyper Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 07:36 -0700
        Re: Ping: Keith Thompson and James Kuyper Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 19:11 +0100
          Re: Ping: Keith Thompson and James Kuyper Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 13:59 -0700
    Re: Ping: Keith Thompson and James Kuyper Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-08-06 14:40 -0700
      Re: Ping: Keith Thompson and James Kuyper Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2021-08-06 23:51 +0100

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