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david lang wrote:
Has anyone though of starting a UK DIY moderated group?

I'm sure you'd find one if you tried.

I run several Yahoo Groups in my other 'life' as a magician and the
flame wars aren't anything like the Dr Drivel ones we get here.

But Yahoo groups are essentially mail based. The beauty of this one is
anyone can post here - and that's what gets some of the most interesting
discussions going.

Obviously the magicians groups are restricted membership for security -
we don't want people knowing how stuff is done, but its dead easy for a
moderator (or moderators) to stamp out silly flame wars that just waste
space and make threads unreadable. or to ban the members that start
them.

That's fine for a 'boys' club.

The only public domain magicians group 'alt.magic' has literally died
due to one troll who just snipes at everyone.

Several have tried here and failed. It only really happens on low traffic
groups.

If the 'flames' truly upset you simply killfile the participants and or
thread.

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*Gargling is a good way to see if your throat leaks.

Dave Plowman London SW
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