Today (November 23) is Dr. Who Day.

And I have a Ph.D. and when people hear or read my name
they may say “Who?” or perhaps confuse me with the
Rolling Stone writer (R.I.P.), who I think may have posted
to soc.religion.shamanism (which has been abandoned by
its moderators) before me.

--
David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill; And the
hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand” (Ferron)


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David Dalton wrote:

Today (November 23) is Dr. Who Day.

soc.religion.shamanism (which has been abandoned by
its moderators)

How does that work? Is no one able to post, or is it now operating as
an unmoderated group?


Brian

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On Nov 24, 2024, Default User wrote
(in article <vhu7u1$23fb7$1@dont-email.me>):

David Dalton wrote:

Today (November 23) is Dr. Who Day.

soc.religion.shamanism (which has been abandoned by
its moderators)

How does that work? Is no one able to post, or is it now operating as
an unmoderated group?

Brian

No one is able to post.

But alt.religion.shamanism is an unmoderated group.

--
David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill; And the
hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand” (Ferron)


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David Dalton wrote:

On Nov 24, 2024, Default User wrote

How does that work? Is no one able to post, or is it now operating
as an unmoderated group?

No one is able to post.

Thanks. I have only ever used one moderated newsgroup, and it was a
long time ago. I don't even remember which one. I think it was
something techincal when I had a brief need for some work questions or something.

I seem to recall that it worked differently than some other moderated
groups, in that you could get whitelisted, but I might misremember as
well.


Brian

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Default User wrote:

David Dalton wrote:

On Nov 24, 2024, Default User wrote

How does that work? Is no one able to post, or is it now operating
as an unmoderated group?

No one is able to post.

Thanks. I have only ever used one moderated newsgroup, and it was a
long time ago. I don't even remember which one. I think it was
something techincal when I had a brief need for some work questions or something.

I seem to recall that it worked differently than some other moderated
groups, in that you could get whitelisted, but I might misremember as
well.

Brian

There aren't any moderators of high enough intelligence to satisfy me.
I use Devil's Advocate, third degree, and sometimes like to rebuke other posters.

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Jhulian Waldby wrote:

Default User wrote:

Thanks. I have only ever used one moderated newsgroup, and
it was a long time ago. I don't even remember which one. I
think it was something techincal when I had a brief need for
some work questions or something.

I seem to recall that it worked differently than some other
moderated groups, in that you could get whitelisted, but I
might misremember as well.

There aren't any moderators of high enough intelligence to
satisfy me. I use Devil's Advocate, third degree, and
sometimes like to rebuke other posters.

Some might say a killfile is a good a moderator as any.

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