RE: Filters (was RE: Lee Corbin's Goodbye)

From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Tue Aug 19 2003 - 18:09:34 MDT

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    Humania wrote:
    > Honestly, I do not understand why you make such a fuzz about
    > ist, adding
    > more control procedures, or urging list administrators to
    > implement more
    > functions that might make the system susceptible to collapses.
    >
    > Why don't you (plural again) just relax and let the news
    > stream into your
    > computer and forget about control for a while . . .
    >

    I did that for a couple of years, and it was ok. Then I tried "filtering" it
    a little, experimentally (in effect splitting the list in two, one which I
    read almost all of, and one which I read sometimes, but not often or most
    of). It improved my experience of the list considerably.

    I'm happy to stick with that, with personal filtering. However, I supported
    Mark's proposal, as an alternative to moderation. Given that there have been
    problems with the list because of the free-for-all approach (according to
    others; it's never worried me personally), I'd much rather see a
    decentralised solution to signal/noise and abuse problems than a centralised
    one. I think that public feedback about filters is probably a very useful
    tool in this regard.

    However, I'd be more than happy for the list to remain unfettered; leave
    each subscriber to manage his/her own data flood; it's the individual's
    option.

    Emlyn



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