Subject: Re: [FFML] [ffml] Newsgroup support message
From: "phoneynt" <drward@richmond.infi.net>
Date: 5/27/1998, 12:43 PM
To: "B Jones" <shunsuke@mailcity.com>, <ffml@fanfic.com>, "Betrayal" <betrayal@matnet.com>
Reply-to:
"phoneynt"

This mailing list is working just fine, imho.
Make the ffml into a newsgroup?


:>>> > I have one suggestion, though.  Maybe it's time to start seriously
:>>> > considering making the FFML into a newsgroup, even with all of the
new
:>>> > perils and pitfalls associated with that.  I mean, maybe it's just
:>>> > getting too big for *anyone* to keep track of.
:
:alt.ffml.moderated
:alt.ffml.moderated.d
:alt.ffml.moderated.spam
:alt.ffml


it's my understanding that alt. groups can't be moderated?
wouldn't we be flooded with porn ads?

Also, email is what allows more people access to the ffml.  go to
a newsgroup and that will cut into our user base quite a bit.

:all messages posted and recieved on alt.ffml
:moderated output posted to alt.ffml.moderated.*
:
:spam to
:alt.ffml.moderated.spam
:fics only to alt.ffml.moderated (posted by moderator, not by users)
:discussion to alt.ffml.moderated.d
:spamfics/adfics/moderators discretion to alt.ffml.moderated.spam
:
:>>It was a suggestion only.  What _should_ we do?  What should we do,
:considering
:>>that the FANFIC volume itself may soon grow too large for anyone to
:handle coming
:>>into their mailbox on a regular basis?


The fanfics never were a problem and never will be, neither will the
C&C. the problem is the million messages asking about the exact
size of ryoko's breasts, the fic "ideas", the "challenges" (people
should just challenge themselves to write a fic ^_^), and so on.
Yeah, every now and then a long fic is posted, and every now and
then a fic generates plenty of discussion..but, come on, even the
most epic fics back in the day did not generate enough noise by them-
selves to flood anyone's box.  On the other hand, sig-wars and
passion-spice..ugh..  :)