A seqfan forum...

[Leroy Quet]

some of the postings on Google Groups, especially on sci.math (as 
seq.fan's most undesirable posters are posting great masterpieces of 
sci.math (at least as posted now days...I think sci.math USED TO have 
should be allowed to keep posting for now. Even the most offensive of 
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Leroy Quet wrote:
> I must issue a word of warning, especially if seq.fan moves to Google 
> Groups or the like (or if the email list is kept in addition to having a 
> newsgroup for seq.fan).
>
> First, Google Groups (at least) requires, in order for you to post (but 
> not to read) to it, that you submit your email address, which ends up 
> being published along with your posted messages.
> (Don't be fooled by the truncated versions of posters' email addresses 
> that appear with their posts. The full email addresses appear at other 
> newsgroup portal sites, at least as of when I last checked, which was 
> about a year ago.)
>
> Second, I am sure that spammers and virus writers would just LOVE to post 
> to seq.fan. I think keeping them away would be a very technical problem 
> if seq.fan became a newsgroup.
>
> Third, if the goal is to keep away unworthy messages, then have a look at 
> some of the postings on Google Groups, especially on sci.math (as 
> accessed by any web-based newsgroup portal or newsreader without a 
> moderator). PURE NUTCASE RUBBISH! (Plus the undesirable flame-wars I 
> could do without). I tell you now, as a light reader of sci.math, even 
> seq.fan's most undesirable posters are posting great masterpieces of 
> mathematics in comparison to much of the (often off-topic) crap posted to 
> sci.math (at least as posted now days...I think sci.math USED TO have 
> mostly high-quality, or at least on-topic, posts).
> Seq.fan probably should be highly selective about who it allows to post. 
> (Yet I actually think that every poster that currently posts to seq.fan 
> should be allowed to keep posting for now. Even the most offensive of 
> these, I say again, are a joy to read as compared to who might be tempted 
> to subscribe if seq.fan goes more public.)
>
> Thanks, sorry about my technical ignorance of the web,
> Leroy Quet
>
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