matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford) (11/13/85)
I am willing to moderate mod.jokes. (I volunteered a year or so ago, but was told that there already was a moderator who was going to start "soon".) I would not post any joke that I had already heard or read ANYWHERE, unless I was fairly certain that most subscribers hadn't also heard it. Would many people submit jokes to a moderator? I am skeptical, but there's only one way to find out. Well, maybe two ways. Readers are invited to mail me answers to the following questions: (If your first two answers are both "no", don't bother!) 1. Do you read net.jokes? 2. Would you read mod.jokes? 3. If mod.jokes existed, would you stop reading net.jokes? 4. Have you ever posted a joke to net.jokes? 5. If mod.jokes existed, would you send jokes there instead? Optional extra credit questions: 6. Are the moderating guidelines of the first paragraph acceptable? 7. Should "canonical collections" also be posted periodically? 8. (R.P. Feynman memorial) Write your own question, and answer it. _____________________________________________________ Matt University crawford@anl-mcs.arpa Crawford of Chicago ihnp4!oddjob!matt
ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (11/15/85)
Bandy, Please stop sending jokes to net.news.group. Nobody there has a sense of humor. -Ron
slerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner) (11/19/85)
> I would not post any joke that I had > already heard or read ANYWHERE, unless I was fairly certain that > most subscribers hadn't also heard it. > > Would many people submit jokes to a moderator? I am skeptical, > but there's only one way to find out. Well, maybe two ways. > Readers are invited to mail me answers to the following > questions: (If your first two answers are both "no", don't bother!) > > Optional extra credit questions: > 6. Are the moderating guidelines of the first paragraph acceptable? No, this is not acceptable. Just because YOU have heard of a joke, does not mean that I have. Also, I enjoy a joke even if I have heard it before (as long as not within the last few months). > 7. Should "canonical collections" also be posted periodically? Yes, as it will reduce the amount of repeat jokes from new readers. 8. Are we opening a can of worms that we will regret: YES!. Given problems of censorship, different tastes, vacation time, work time (what's that?) etc, I see too many problems coming from becoming a mod group to offset the benefits. I think that a possible compromise would be to periodically post all "canonical collections", ROT13 directions, etc to net.jokes to keep the new readers out of our hair. Oh yes, we should also learn how to use the 'n' key when we see a subject heading that we already know. Lets leave well enough alone, or we will end up killing the group. -- Opinions expressed are public domain, and do not belong to Lotus Development Corp. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner {genrad|ihnp4|ima}!wjh12!talcott!sesame!slerner {cbosgd|harvard}!talcott!sesame!slerner talcott!sesame!slerner@harvard.ARPA