Not true IME. I run the worlds largest Yahoo group for mentalists (the branch of magic devoted to simulated mind reading - Derren Brown stuff in a nutshell). It has 350+ members worldwide.
Access isnt unlimited to be fair, but prospective members have to satisfy me of a genuine interest in the subject before they can join. It works out OK, takes very little time. I currently only have one member whose posts are 'moderated' because he became abusive to another member.
Oi!
TradesPERSON, purleease! :-)
Don't feel bad about it - it was said "Can anything good come from Nazareth?"
That hasn't changed in millennia - it's still just as bad - doesn't even have an esplanade......
The one I co-moderate has over 2000 members world wide.
The mechanics of an email group are very different to Usenet. For a start it is only accessed via the one route - Yahoo in your case. Newsgroups are available from loads of servers.
If no-one replies to off-topic postings, then they disappear from the front page in a matter of hours.
And if you bothered to learn how to use Usenet groups you would realise what a load of bollocks your statement is.
Front page of what?
In message , kent writes
What front page? That of Google Groups? That's an idiosyncratic way of accessing usenet.
Please tell me more about this.
Google Groups offers a limited view on usenet via a web-browser. OTOH, dedicated usenet software can offer a more flexible interface.
So when do I start?
Only if you choose to order whole threads based on the order in which posts contained in them are received. Not always a very logical ordering.
We started writing a bit on this the other day... needs work, but some of the basics are there:
In message , kent writes
Only for the clueless google groupies
If you are not using the right tool for the job, it's a bit silly making generalised statements which don't apply to normal people
for those of us using a newsreader, you normally set the expiry (usually a couple of days)
ISTR it was discussed well enough earlier in the thread
oh, it disappeared from yours in a couple of hours ?
google for it in the google group archives then...
In message , Andy Hall writes
yeah, but better magicians ...
walking on water, raising the dead, water into wine,
they could pull a proper rabbit out of a hat in those days in front of an audience of 5000
aha - i didnt know about the newsnet method, am trying to get my ISP to let me use usenet news, i stumbled into this group through a google search, and have only used yahoo groups before, i now see that this is a different animal, clicking links in emails like
and yes , the moderation i was suggesting was as in yahoo groups where new members are put on moderation then removed from moderation when theyve proved themselves to be on-topic-ish and yes it does take up someones time
thanks
[george]
Oi! Again!
I can turn wine into water very effectively.............
Nah. Wasn't that the loaves & fishes trick? (I reckon they were up his sleeve).
But in due cource the PC brigade will want to replace "manager" with "personer" despite this.
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