Re: moderation-YUK

Troy Fore (tfo...@st6000.sct.edu) wrote:
: On Fri, 20 May 1994 04:37:15 -0400, Andre Beskrowni wrote:
: > Hi everyone:

: Hi!

: > All I keep hearing is that moderation is good because we won't have to
: > see the same requests over and over, blah, blah, blah.  

> All I keep hearing is that moderation is evil because there is the slight 
> possibility that maybe perhaps someone's post might not make it on the 
> group, or whatever, blah, blah, blah.


> Uh, what?  You lost me.  Scarecrow won't just delete a discussion 
> because it is getting repetitive.

How the heck do you know what Scarecrow will do ?  Nobody will know 
till he gets elected - and there is no provision in the Charter to 
remove him. Think about that ! 


> I don't see him putting much effort into censorship -- it'd be too 
> much work, and no fun, and Scarecrow is a fun guy.  

You seem to know this Scarecrow much better than most of us. 


> BTW, I'm not so sure "so many" people feel the way you do.  Just 
> seems to be an anonymous guy and Colin

Yep, there's just the three of us out here  :-)


> You people are just arguing against the CONCEPT of a moderator....

At last you have said something I agree with.

I would add to your sentence

                 ...for the subject of ASCII-ART.

> Blind dislike of an abstract concept sucks, but is perhaps 
> justifiable.  Any problem with giving something/somebody a CHANCE?  

It is too great a risk to take if there is no provision for removal 
of the moderator - and no such provision has been included in the 
Charter. Interesting ?

Bye,

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