----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Sconce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "gnhlug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Message Boards
> Density of worthwhile content would seem to depend on quality of > moderation, then, whether newsgroup, mailing list, or message > board(*). Right? [snip] > > (*) This was the downfall of some of the examples I mentioned in > my earlier post. It seems to be an always recurring, and always > unfulfilled, hope that some clever mechanical device will yield > high quality content without human effort. > Density of worthwhile content also depends on the quality of the contributors. A good editor can get the works of Shakespeare much more readily by editing the output of a Christopher Marlowe or a John Webster than he can from 1000 chimpanzees. It is amazing how the required level of moderation is inversely proportional to the IQ and maturity of the contributors. Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
