Robo-moderation

"Mark Bole" wrote

>> Sure, some threads go on much longer than they would have under the >> previous manual moderation system, but I think the trade-off is worth it. >> Earlier this year, you posted a strong endorsement of robo-moderation, >> hopefully you are not re-considering your position. > Nope. I think it's a good idea. > > And it gives Dick a break to attend more beer tasting > competitions - not to mention all the practice hours.

Thank you for your concern.

Now that my consumption of pain killers has decreased sharply, I am practicing less. Less, but not that much less. ;)

As for robo-moderation, I do miss not reading each and every submission and commenting on a few. But it is highly unlikely that we will go back to batch processing.

Dick

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Dick Adams
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What's also interesting is the traffic flow. Our moderation point is in the greater Boston area. Sometimes articles take a direct route (from east to west coasts) in just a few hops. I've also noted some of the articles on here pinballing around Europe before finding their way back to the U.S. I think that this is due to the NNTP peering connections of our moderation point.

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D. Stussy

Well, I'm in Columbus OH but read & post to this NG via panix, a NYC ISP.

I remember around 35 years ago when the Old Bell System (rip) used strict hierarchical routing of toll calls, and Monday 9am-11am call traffic would overflow the White Plains - Phila - DC Regional switching points, that is was routine for White Plains to switch via Scaramento and Phila to switch via San Bernadino (There were 10 US regions and two Canadian ones) during those hours, when it was 6-8am in Calif.

So a good chunk of curcuit-switched traffic from NY to DC travelled to California and back, and avoided any need to expand the pipelines.

Once DNHR (Direct NonHeirarchical Routing) began to take over in the early 80s, routing was less predictable. And with expanded IP addressing and glass pipes, bandwidth is not much of an issue.

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Arthur Kamlet

Now, you're taxing my patience! (Couldn't resist the pun.) ;-)

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D. Stussy

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