[allan grossman]

Originally Posted by cyo

i am talking about newsgroup users that i don't want to display on my messageboard.

I'd like to weigh in here if folks don't mind.

Except for the .moderated newsgroups, Usenet is completely unmoderated - you can certainly do whatever you like with your forum, but IM frequently less than HO moderating an unmoderated newsgroup goes pretty much against what Usenet is all about.

What I do is run a disclaimer as an announcement at the top of the Usenet forums that reads like this -

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Folks -

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Usenet, the best description I've seen is at

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part1

and

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part2

No one "owns" Usenet and the groups that are gatewayed into ebassist are completely unmoderated. The feed that we provide is a service to ebassist users, and is just a gateway into another discussion area. You're liable to see flaming, links to ads and porn sites and a whole bunch of really objectionable stuff if you look hard enough.

But, as you continue to look, you'll see some real gems of information and some *very* knowledgeable folks.

Once again, ebassist doesn't own Usenet, has no control over its content and the feeds are provided without any interference (or moderation) from the folks on ebassist dot com.

Usenet can be harsh at times - and it's definitely not for the fainthearted, but I think providing an uncensored newsfeed provides more of a service to the ebassist community than filtering content would.

To sum things up, internal forums on ebassist dot com are moderated. External feeds like Usenet are not. Read at your own risk

the management

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But - it's your board and your call