On 2012-12-21, Mike B someone@noplace wrote:
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:34:18 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Mike B wrote:

For those that have a Google plus login, I've created a 'metalworking community'
that hopefully will become a more on-topic version of this newsgroup.
(I guess time will tell if Google's automatic spam filtering system is up to the
task).

I dislike Google (and other web-based fora), so I will probably
not be there.

[ ... ]

Once you have logged onto a Gmail account you effectively have a Google Plus
account so in practical terms they are the same thing. You can enter bogus
information in your Google Plus profile if you are worried about identity theft
etc..

The community I've created is unmoderated. Whether or not Google's own filtering
system is smart enough to distinguish between metalwork related topics and other
junk remains to be seen.

I have my doubts -- since it seems to still be discussions, and
I'm not at all sure that Google can tell the difference between politics
and metalworking. :-)

The Google Plus woodworking community currently has 374
members and the content looks to be 100% on topic as far as I can tell.

Hmm ... are there provisions for banning someone? Or is the
woodworking one moderated?

This rec.crafts.metalworking newsgroup is perhaps 10% on topic on a good day.

FWIW -- today (after not reading yesterday for various reasons)
I found that 6.79% was left after the killfile/filtering did its think
and I unblocked one discussion as wrongly killed. (I recently changed
settings a bit so I see what is killed, and can unkill before it takes
effect.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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