Re: Sandy and I will run a cypherpunks "moderation" experiment

[Rich Graves <rcgraves@disposable.com>]

Bill Frantz wrote:
> 
> As for the whole moderation idea, consider officially defining the
> list to be "occasionally moderated".  If the abuse is bad, start
> moderating it.  If there get to be few problems, stop moderating it. 
> (A separate issue is whether to tell anyone which way the list is
> currently running.)

Strongly disagree. That would be too arbitrary.

In practice, a system such as Chudov's STUMP reduces the latency and 
moderator effort considerably, as responsible posters get put onto the 
white list for auto-approval (to be degraded to hand-moderation if they 
lose it). For list regulars, it's as if the list were unmoderated.

-rich