There is obviously some interest in knowing about the alternatives
that exist but, rather curiously, some people regard posting details,
even once a week, as spamming the newsgroup!
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/alternatives/alternatives.htm
Other people regard the lack of censorship as a plus. I don’t want
censorship either but the fact remains that the vast majority of the
material appearing in moderated astronomical groups is not cross
posted to sci.astro.amateur. I suspect that few active amateur
astronomers currently read this group – perhaps put off by the crank
posters?
Yes of course filtering is possible. But again I have to say I cannot
recall any example of sci.astro.amateur being the first, or only,
place where I saw astronomical material of interest. In other words,
even after filtering, how much of significance remains?
I did try posting astronomical material everyday. I think I did so for
a couple of months. I got lots of hits but also enough complaints from
people to make me query if it was a worthwhile exercise.
Martin Nicholson
http://www.geocities.com/badastrobuster/index.htm
