Re: SPAMMINGS: ARGH!

Colin Douthwaite wrote:
> 
> Hmm...cancelling your own articles is one thing...cancelling anyone
> else's articles can cause you to have your account terminated by
> your access provider(s).

I believe not, as long as the articles I cancel can surely be defined as
spam. The official Usenet FAQ's even encourage people to cancel spam, so
I see no problem in that.
Articles that can surely be defined as Spam includes "$$$Make money
fast$$$" and "Free Sex passwords". If YOU can find a way to defend those
kind of articles, let me know.

> > I can't speak for other people, but if people decide to leave this
> > NG unmoderated, okay, fine with me ... but I will be out of here
> > for sure!
> 
> But...you've only just arrived here in alt.ascii-art which has been
> in successful existence since September 1993 !

Yes, true. I can only speak for myself, of course. But I'm sure that I'm
not the only one bothered so much about the spam that I would consider
simply leaving.

I think it would be a shame that all you talented Ascii graphicians
would have to live with all that crap. The way I see it, a NG where spam
commercials can live and grow is just as bad as a NG moderated too hard.

Think back on how much spam there was 2 weeks ago. Then think back on 2
months ago. The number of spam posts have really increased. Am I right?

But I'm not the person in charge here, if I (+ two more I know of) are
the only ones in favor of cancelling spam, I'll stop right away. The
decition of what to do with spam should be taken by the majority, not by
me.

> A Moderated newsgroup for ascii-art already exists in
> "rec.arts.ascii". Created in 1994 it has already been abandoned by two
> lots of Moderators.
> Result ?  The newsgroup has become empty and derelict. That's
> _exactly_ what happens to a moderated newsgroup when moderators leave
> or do not do the job efficiently...moderation is no easy task, is
> unpaid, and thankless...no wonder moderators often walk away !

Are you sure that the moderators leaving was the one and only reason
that the newsgroup is now empty? I'm sorry, but I really don't
understand that. You mean like, the graphicians became so dependant of
the moderators that they couldn't bear to see them leave?
I'm sure something happened .... hmm 'did not do the job effeciently'?
What do you mean?

Lars.

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