Re: VOTING: rec.arts.ascii ( MODERATED )

>From: Col...@equinox.gen.nz (Colin Douthwaite)

>Paul Fawcett (pau...@manor.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>
>> For anyone who is still not sure what this means, let me repeat 
>> Normand's enlightened words once again: 
>>> repeated posts, often requested material, flames and other items
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> that have no connection with ASCII art.
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>So just because _you_ have seen something already it should not 
>appear in the newsgroup again ?  

It has nothing to do with _him_; it has to do with _us_.  Every time 
someone re-posts a picture _we_ all see it again.  I have seen instances 
where the same picture was posted 5 or 6 times in one week, and another 
where the same picture was posted 10 to 12 times in a month.  I call that 
unnecessary waste of bandwidth and of everyone's time and money.

BTW, no one ever said that "ALL REPEATED POSTS WILL BE FOREVER FORBIDEN."  
There is quite a difference between seeing a picture posted once a month and 
once every couple of days!  One is acceptable the other is nothing but 
waste.  Asking people to be reasonable about it just does not work.

>What is so enlightening about that concept ?

Whether it's enlightening or not is besides the point.  The point is, the 
moderator proposes to reduce the amount of "junk" posts that float around.  
I am in favour of such actions.

>> That's all the moderator is going to cut, NOTHING ELSE! 
>
>Dream on !
>What will you say if he cuts one of _your_ posts ?

That all depends on the type of post:

  Moderator cuts   |     I say:
  one of my:       |
===================|=======================
 newly created     | He's an idiot.
 pictures          |
-------------------|-----------------------
 a picture already | I would accept that
 posted this week  | as waste management.
 (RE: a repeat)    |
-------------------|-----------------------
 request           | It's OK if he replied
                   | with what I wanted or
                   | told me where I could
                   | find it.
-------------------|-----------------------
 flame             | He prevented the flame
                   | from attracting other 
                   | undesirable posts (waste
                   | management plus defusing
                   | of potentially explosive
                   | situation).
-------------------|-----------------------
 MAKE MONEY FAST   | He prevented me from 
 post              | being attacked by tons
                   | of flames (protection of
                   | gullible user and waste
                   | management).
-------------------|-----------------------

>> Vote YES for rec.arts.ascii. Please do it today!  
>But remember to change your vote to  NO  tomorrow  :-) 

Hmm, an intimidating tactic perhaps!

Dream on !

-- 
Normand Veilleux                As a "long term" contributing artist to
nve...@emr1.emr.ca            alt.ascii-art, I hereby declare that
----------------------------    rec.arts.ascii (MODERATED) has my support.