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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
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Subject: Re: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: comp.os.plan9
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In article <vfofdq$12trk$1@dont-email.me>,
Big-8 Management Board  <board@big-8.org> wrote:
>[snip] In practice, the Big-8 Management Board considers
>the third alternative - changing the status of the group from
>moderated to unmoderated - as likely to cause more harm than good.
>[snip]

I've passed this on to some folks at the Plan 9 Foundation to
see if they'd like to chime in.

I think, in this case, it would likely be harmless to remove
moderation.  I was there when comp.os.plan9 became moderated,
and the impetus at the time was a) the influx of spam (which
largely seems to have disappeared) and b) a few disruptive
personalities, who are no longer with the community.  The old
9fans list at PSU is gone (or, rather, has moved) and a new
gateway is unlikely to be created.

Moderation, in this case, is serving no effective purpose.

	- Dan C.