booth@ucla-cs.UUCP (10/24/84)
Someone privately mentioned the need for anonymous postings to newsgroups.
This function has been provided by some moderators; it could just as well
be provided by the manager of a "selections" newsgroup, possibly under
a separate newsgroup name (e.g. "anon.newsgroup").
Someone else made the following excellent implementation suggestion
regarding "selections" newsgroups. To avoid the cost of duplicating
articles, have "selections" newsgroups only contain references to
articles in other newsgroups, and use appropriate software to retrieve
and read the articles. Is anyone writing such software?
Can anyone give any other reason why "selections" newsgroups would not
be indisputably superior to "moderated" newsgroups, and should not be
adopted immediately?
-- David Booth
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