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From: porky_pig_jr on 19 May 2010 18:03
On May 19, 2:06 pm, Bart Goddard <goddar...(a)netscape.net> wrote:  
> (But
> be careful, the trolls on n.g.p are a lot more subtle
> than the ones here, if not as prolific.)
>

Would you mind to elaborate on that?
From: Bart Goddard on 19 May 2010 22:18
"porky_pig_jr(a)my-deja.com" <porky_pig_jr(a)my-deja.com> wrote in
news:6cd05841-cc5b-4245-82fc-5d3b70592145(a)o39g2000vbd.googlegroups.com:

> On May 19, 2:06�pm, Bart Goddard <goddar...(a)netscape.net> wrote: �
>> (But
>> be careful, the trolls on n.g.p are a lot more subtle
>> than the ones here, if not as prolific.)
>>
>
> Would you mind to elaborate on that?

Funny.

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From: Bart Goddard on 20 May 2010 09:05
Han de Bruijn <umumenu(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:e53e3a1f-d578-4beb-bc13-
fc9be5484f18(a)l6g2000vbo.googlegroups.com:


> Moderation invariably ends up with dictatorship and censorship.

This is not true. I've participated in two moderated groups
in which the moderator simply passed all posts which were
on topic and reasonably polite. Change "invariably" to
"might" and your sentence might be true.

B.

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From: Bart Goddard on 20 May 2010 09:07
Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen(a)math.missouri.edu> wrote in news:Nb-
dnXqtJ6gXs2jWnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d(a)centurytel.net:

> I'm hoping that the s.m.moderated will only reject posts that are off
> topic or spam or obscenity. I hope it will not reject posts based upon
> the correctness of the math content, nor reject posts simply because it
> is a troll. I would love to see those endless discussions about "is
> 0.99999... the same as 1" be allowed to continue.

That's pretty close to what the potential moderators have
agreed to. The moderators might decide, however, that
the 0.999... threads are dominating the group and curtail
them (perhaps banning the topic for a month to let the
the smoke clear.)

B.

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From: porky_pig_jr on 20 May 2010 17:34
On May 20, 9:07 am, Bart Goddard <goddar...(a)netscape.net> wrote:
> That's pretty close to what the potential moderators have
> agreed to.  The moderators might decide, however, that
> the 0.999... threads are dominating the group and curtail
> them (perhaps banning the topic for a month

Make it 0.999... month.
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