Attila Feher said:
Howard said:
[...]
Oh, sorry about that. I'll must mosey on over to the
moderated newsgroups comp.lang.c++.moderated
and comp.std.c++ where such a post would be
allowed, and amazingly enough the signal to noise
ratio is soooo much higher due to the lack of so many
self appointed moderators.
Looks like another fan, Atilla. This is what I'm talking about.
Yes. They have no self-appointed moderator. Wait! The
self-appointed moderators _made_ clcppm... Oh well. No
noise there, only D marketing for the last weeks in every
topic.
Waaah. Comparing a language that is purportedly derived
from C++ to C++ itself seems quite topical to me, as well
as to numerous individuals who are respected members
of the C++ community. Perhaps you should send a note to
the moderators insisting that your purist sensibilities be
enforced in c.l.c++.m. Isn't it enough that you get to moderate
this group? Do you really need to moderate c.l.c++.m too??
BTW the reason why they can afford a wider area to cover
is because of the lower noise ratio and because people
rarely post useless (implementation specific) information...
and if they do, they get pounded upon.
Oh, yes. It's useless to know that I can get a compiler which
provides a certain feature above and beyond standard C++.
Which is why no vendor offers such features. Your power
trips are getting increasingly annoying. You create your
own OT threads with your zealous moderation. You are
single-handedly responsible for 50% of the noise in this
NG. Most of the OT-topic posts are one-timers, like the
dude selling books. You turn it into a big thread by
discussing at length how it is off-topic. I see more posts
about moderation than I do about C++!!
If you really want to prove your point about s/n ratios,
why don't you get together with your moderator buddies
and perform an experiment, like a real computer
scientist.
For one month, don't moderate anything. Just let people
post at will. Count the number of OT posts you find,
and save the subject lines for later inspection. Then,
another month, count the OT posts "with moderation".
Include the moderating messages in the count. Compare.
Only then will you prove that pseudo-moderation has
a provably positive effect on the NG. It would be best
if you picked the months (or weeks) at random, and
didn't say which was which until the end of the experiment.
Dave