On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 06:31:25PM -0600, GK wrote: > The list managers would have to chime in but the rate of "spam" I > receive from Google accounts was far, far less than MSN or Yahoo even in > its infancy. I am willing to bet it's the same for Groups. A few strays > here and there. Watching out for flame wars, and the like are really > what a moderator is needed for, and I'm willing to bet they are pretty > bored because of lack of activity. The only way to ensure NO spam is to > unplug your computer from the web. Then you can join the DNC lists for > phone and mail, and that would overwhelmingly save trees made by > thousands of pieces of mail a year.
Is this is complaint of some spam to this specific list?
Because in the timeframe when the list was set to moderate
new users the incidents of spam getting through are measured
one part of one hand.
> As I've seen bulletin board type lists grow. The old fashioned running
> thread ones seemed to have the worst problem. Craiglist is in the sub
> 10's for spam, spam and more spam. The new forums seems to have a better
> handle on it because the code is better.
Huh?
> Besides with Google lists someone has signed up and has a profile. We're
> not selling $2000 computers to list users. It's just a few 1 and 0's. If
> it's not in COPPA for 13 and below. It shouldn't be for others either.
Huh?
> If you want to "enforce" something. Enforce GPG signing for all posts.
> The whole idea is to be a web of trust with them anyway.
This is not feasible with googlegroups.
What point are you trying to make?
John
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