"Jack Harrison" wrote in message
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"David Gartrell" wrote

I've noticed there are quite a few newsgroups out there that are
moderated, ...snip

Great idea, but who would find the time to look after such a busy
newsgroup as this one?

Jack
People that have retired early.

Seriously though, the trouble with moderated groups or forums is, they are
open to moderator subjective abuse as well . In addition many are run by
private companies to promote their own products. For me some moderators have
a traffic-warden like mentality. Uksciweather even though unmoderated still
is remarkable for the lack of bad language and good behaviour. Okay there
may be some time-wasters ( ? ) but overall despite yeterdays debacle which
happened on a heavily moderated forum as well, things surely aren't that bad
on here .
I think one problem is, being a weather group if the weather isn't doing
that much people will tend to go OT and why not ? it's hopefully part of the
general bonhomie of the group. Moderated groups tend to become "follow the
party line or you're banned" that then becomes effectively very subjective
censorship.