Leo Bicknell <bicknell(_at_)ufp(_dot_)org> writes:
I submit the number of moderators is /vastly/ smaller than the number of
people who read e-mail, or read news, or are on a list gatewayed between
them. If the fallout is that moderators need to update their software
I'd say that's affecting the smallest group possible.
We've been over this already; the USEFOR archives have the fallout of the
flamewar. I think it's a nonstarter.
And no, it's probably not smaller than the number of gateways.
They are also people who are likely to update to the latest and greatest
with any news change,
No, they're not; in fact, the exact opposite is true. Personal experience
speaking there. Usenet moderators on the whole are the most likely to
still be using software that was written in the early 1990s, because they
have a disproportionate representation of old Unix hackers.
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