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*     Yesterday we set an all-time record for messages on SCREEN-L.  So many
*     were posted that we exceeded our daily limit of 50 and I had to unlock
*     the list manually before any more were sent.
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*     This brings up a question I've been considering for some time:
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*     Should SCREEN-L be moderated?
 
It all depends on if the List Moderator (Jeremy?) wants to take the time
to do it and will it be worth it. Sometimes there are threads that
gets lots of responses and there will be lots of messages. If we limit the
amount of time a thread will last or limit the number of times someone
can post about a thread, this may cut down on the amount of messages
per day. Or, if the Moderator cuts out all the Signoff/Signon messages
that (sometimes) get sent to the list by mistake(?), then this MAY
cut down on the amount of messages per day, but probably not too much
or not enough to be worth doing when you have to go though 40 to 50
messages a day.
 
Perhaps the Moderator can send a message to the list saying that a
current thread that has been on the list for a certain amount of
time should stop and another thread should begin, or if another
more interesting thread comes along, that the previous thread should
stop.
 
And what IF two popular threads are running concurrently? This
would certainly create a large amount of posts per day! This could
be what the list just went through recently, so SOME degree of
moderation MAY be needed.
 
Soooo, depending on the conditions, I would vote that the list
be moderated, but only under certain established conditions previously
discussed.
 
Bill Johnson
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