X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,6fef76e7b764a2b1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-23 18:44:30 PST Path: gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!giaeb!dljar1 From: dljar1@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Dwayne Jarvis) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: rec.arts.scarecrow ? Date: 23 May 94 12:02:52 GMT Organization: Monash University Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <134311Z21051994@anon.penet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #4 (NOV) >If those Make.Money.Fast articles hadn't been posted, would Mike >Jittlov have created his Big.Money.Fast parody? Ahh, good point :). Mind you, the MMF posts get cross posted to virtually every group you can think of, and all the moderation of r.a.a would do is mean that we could miss seeing it on our favourite group, and the 55 follow-ups it gets. Mike probably found it on alt.fan.mike-jittlov anyway ;). I must admit that I voted YES for purely personal (and probably selfish) reasons. But then thats the idea of a public vote. I like the thought of having a rec. group, I like the thought of having possibly a larger user base, and I like like the idea of possibly separating requests from an art group (not that rec. would do that in any way). What I dont like is wading through "crap" (disclaimer: these are my thoughts and I do not try to imply that everyone on this group thinks the same way), hoping to find the occational "art" related posting. Having said that, if I hadn't talked to Bob quite a lot with regard to moderation, I would have been a lot less comfortable in voting YES to the moderation aspect. Remember that the moderator is not doing it for himself, or for the group, he does it for the people who read the group. If people like to see a certain thing posted which would otherwise have been cut, then I can only imagine that he'd be quite happy to go along with that. After all, it means less work for him. A little word about requests. In no way am I trying to say that people should request all they like, when they like. But the groups that I'm aware of created a separate .request group for the simple reason that they can take over a group (as we've seen here to an extent). Of course being able to request ascii art is *very* handy, but reading them is NOT. Althought it's just a matter of hitting "n" (on my system anyway), it's not always readily apparent that it is a request (some people dress them up :), and also, due to the huge number of requests here, there is still a significant time-based objection. Remember, if r.a.a (mod) passes, then a.a-a will still be here so people can request *whatever they like*. There'll still be people fulfilling the requests. Something to think about anyway. Row.