Talk: Net Cops :P
nPOCTO KPbICMAH <da...@herbie.unl.edu> wrote: > >Daniel Au (dca...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu) wrote: > >: Ack! I got busted by a self proclaimed 'Net Cop' via net mail for >: posting an 8 line sig in another newsgroup. He was nice about it, >: giving me a compliment > >[snip-snip-snip] > > Just a few questions (I don't think this article will go through, as >well as some previous postings, but anyway): Don't worry, you keep practicing your posting and I know you'll get better. > -- Who moderates this newsgroup? We're not exactly sure but we think it moderated by an old gray beared guy who lives in a hollow tree. > -- Why is the newsgroup moderated? He lost a bet. > -- What are the guidelines for moderation (no answers in the FAQ)? The guidelines are kept in a mayonaise jar on Funk & Wagnell's back porch. Nobody knows them, but in the moderator's mystical and borderline devine way, he knows what they are without having seen them. > -- Isn't this just another example of 'netcoppism'? Probably, but we think he's dead now and all articles just go through automatically, so nobody cares. It's like voting in Chicago. -- . + ' . * . . ' ) . + . . ____ _____ ___ . _____ . _____ ' .+ . * '. * /___/ /____/ /__ \ ' /___ \ '/____/ . * ' . + . '+ ' . __ + __' . __| |.* ____/ / ____' ' + . .' .' \ \' / / . ,/,/| | ./ _ _/. / __/ ' . ' . + : ' . * '____) )/ /__ ,/ /__| | / / \ \ / /__' _____ _____ _______' __ __ __ /_____//____//________|/_/ /_/'/____/ /____/ /___ \ '/ ___ /./ /'/ /./ / ' .+ . * ' . : __ . + ____/ /. / /. / / / / / / / /. . ' * . + ' . */ /. '/ _ _/ / /'*/ /'/ /./ /*/ /. ' . ' ( . ' : + / /__ / / \ \'./ /__/ / / /_/ /_/ / + ' '. .+ .' * ' ./____/ /_/ /_/ /______/+/_________/ .' . * ' . ' . '+ . ' * . ' ( + '. :
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