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 | | From: | jackeroo | | Subject: | Repost:Re: NEWSGROUP CENSORSHIP - Vote NO to avoid it - | | Date: | Sat, 18 Dec 2004 01:04:42 GMT |
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 | Yeah next will be all the news groups and you might as well go back to the
media?
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news:1103265713.261556.39310@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Attention ......
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> There is a vote underway on a new newgroup proposal that will change
> the face of Usenet if it passes. This new group would be a moderated
> version of a popular unmoderated group. The current group has a single
> troll that is easily killfiled. This troll always posts under the same
> handle and email address, so it takes literally less than a minute to
> plonk him. Three of the newsgroup regulars are using this as an excuse
> to launch the new moderated group to take the place of the current
> group. If this new group passes, you can expect more proposals like
> this to pop up all over Usenet. Before long, all newsgroups will be
> censored and moderated at the whim of a few individuals.
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> Say NO to Usenet censorship. Please VOTE NO against this group.
> Info on how to vote:
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> http://www.screenplays.us.tt
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| | From: | geopelia | | Subject: | Re: Repost:Re: NEWSGROUP CENSORSHIP - Vote NO to avoid it - | | Date: | Sat, 18 Dec 2004 16:23:25 +1300 |
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"jackeroo" wrote in message
news:KmLwd.76678$K7.10180@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Yeah next will be all the news groups and you might as well go back to the
> media?
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> news:1103265713.261556.39310@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > Attention ......
> >
> > There is a vote underway on a new newgroup proposal that will change
> > the face of Usenet if it passes. This new group would be a moderated
> > version of a popular unmoderated group. The current group has a single
> > troll that is easily killfiled. This troll always posts under the same
> > handle and email address, so it takes literally less than a minute to
> > plonk him. Three of the newsgroup regulars are using this as an excuse
> > to launch the new moderated group to take the place of the current
> > group. If this new group passes, you can expect more proposals like
> > this to pop up all over Usenet. Before long, all newsgroups will be
> > censored and moderated at the whim of a few individuals.
> >
> > Say NO to Usenet censorship. Please VOTE NO against this group.
> > Info on how to vote:
> >
> > http://www.screenplays.us.tt
nz.general seems to be a reasonably intelligent group, but some groups I
have looked at seem to be all nonsense or . Unfortunately the groups
listed in groups.xtra.co.nz don't show the full name of the group when one
is searching the list, and one can end up in an obnoxious one by mistake.
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