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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 22 May 1994.
Re: rec.arts.scarecrow ?

Re: rec.arts.scarecrow ?

Well, the more I think about this, the more confused I become.

an99541:
> some of you challenged this point. let me explain. the scarecrow has
> said he intends to reply directly to these requestors. he will send
> them what *he* deems the appropriate art without oversight of anyone
> else.

I don't see where Scarecrow has said that.  In his recent statement,
he said that he would answer Frequently Asked Questions directly.
I've been assuming this would be questions like, "where are there
ascii archives", "how do I view an animation", "how do I use a sig
file", etc, not requests for ascii pictures.

On the other hand, these FAQs have been pretty rare recently.
Filtering them out isn't going to substantially improve any perceived
signal-to-noise ratio.  So if this is the main thing that Scarecrow is
going to do, I'm not sure why moderation is necessary.

(I don't think Usenet as a whole is heading towards more moderation.
Unmoderated traffic and unmoderated groups will probably always
dominate.)
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