Q3.2 Will a moderated group have slower propagation of messages?

    Like many things on the net, that depends.  Specifically, it depends
    on the connectivity of the poster's site, the moderator's site, and
    each individual reader's site, and on whether everything is working
    normally and well among those sites.

    In general, hand-moderated newsgroups often have some unavoidable
    delay, while robo-moderated groups often have fast turnaround.

    If we assume that:

        a message travels faster by e-mail than by news
        from the poster's site to the moderation site

        the moderator's site is well-connected (for mail and news)

        the poster's site is less well-connected (for news)

        the moderation process incurs little delay (such as if it
        is a program set up to recognize messages from known posters)

    then a moderated group *might* provide faster propagation
    for that message than an unmoderated group.

    On the other hand, if a moderation address is at a poorly connected
    site, and the poster is at a well connected site, or if there is a
    delay of significant length at the moderation address, then the
    moderated newsgroup might have a greater lag and thus a slower pace.

    On the other other hand, readers of a group might prefer a slower
    paced newsgroup over a rapid-response group.  In any case,
    anyone who volunteers to moderate a newsgroup should plan
    to work to reduce delay in the moderation process.