[Tango-L] ATOF: uncensored tango discussion group

[Fred Herman & Mary Menz]

Although I find no reason for your posting to have been censored, as 
moderator of another Yahoo dance related group: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/valley_dancers/  I must speak out in 
favor of moderating the  postings - particularly lately.  The Viagra 
and "male enhancement"  and girls "wanting to have fun" postings find 
their way on to the bulletin board, and if no one stops the messages 
before sending them out some really offensive stuff would go out to 
everyone.
Also, out of curiosity I checked to see how many tango related  yahoo 
groups there are - over 500 (all Argentine tango) .   These same 
unscrupulous advertisers that I manage to delete have found their way 
onto many of those groups, and it appears that the more successful 
they were at getting their garbage posted to the group, the smaller 
the group was.





>Many of you probably know about the Argentine Tango Open Forum, a Yahoo group:
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/argentine-tango/
>
>The group description on the home page is:
>
>The Argentine Tango Open Forum is an international mailing list.
>The list is uncensored and members may freely post messages
>on any subjects related to Argentine Tango, including its preservation,
>promotion, awareness and announcements of any Tango activities
>around the world.
>
>Well, it may come as a surprise to some of you that this list is
>indeed censored:
>
>
>Hello,
>
>Your message to the argentine-tango group was not approved.
>The owner of the group controls the content posted to it and has the
>right to approve or reject messages accordingly.
>
>In this case, your message was automatically rejected because the
>moderator didn't approve it within 14 days. We do this to provide a
>high quality of service for our users.
>
>
>Date: June 11, 2007 2:19:16 PM CDT
>To: tango.society at gmail.com
>Subject: 4th Annual Close Embrace Tango Fiesta, Nov 9-11, 2007 in Urbana IL
>
>Tango festivals abound, but only a few concentrate on tango danced in
>close embrace, as it is danced in the milongas of Buenos Aires. The
>4th Annual Close Embrace Tango Fiesta, November 9-11 in Urbana IL, is
>becoming well known as a successful annual gathering of great dancers,
>instructors, and DJs who celebrate the contemporary social tango of
>Buenos Aires milongas.
>
>
>This is not the first time I have posted to ATOF and received a
>message like this.
>
>This not a mistake, because no one is supposed to be moderated on ATOF.
>
>I just thought you might want to know, just to maintain truth in advertising.
>
>I will probably never be able to post to ATOF again because I have
>mentioned this.
>
>So much for open, uncensored discussion.
>
>Ron
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