Re: [ga] Austerity measures

["Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>]

Just to note that subscribers were never offered an equal choice: all
members of the former ga list were subscribed to the ga-edited by default.
It's not surprising the default option wins.

On Tue, 15 May 2001, Roberto Gaetano wrote:

> Philip,
> 
> Let me add a couple of words to Alexander's comments below.
> 
> >
> >Well, it not so surprising that there is duplication,
> >considering that GA-full is GA *plus* the postings
> >of people temporarily banned according to the list rules.
> >
> 
> Plus spam messages (and generally speaking submissions from non-members), 
> that are filtered.
> 
> >
> >The list is a result of a heated discussion regarding
> >a potential problem which -- at least in my view, but
> >maybe me being a list monitor makes me biased ;) --
> >has not happened and I hope will never happen.
> >
> >Taking away the choice may make further discussions
> >about breaches of the list rules resemble the bitter
> >struggles before the two lists compromise was reached.
> 
> Additionally, there will be very little advantage (timewise) in abolishing 
> the ga-full, IMHO, as it is completely unmoderated and therefore will 
> require less work than the other lists.
> OTOH, I would not recommend to shut down the moderated list either, as the 
> vast majority of the subscriber seem to prefer (and implicitely endorse) the 
> monitoring effort.
> 
> Regards
> Roberto
> 
> 
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