ANST - thoughts on moderation ....
j'lynn yeates
jyeates at bga.com
Tue May 26 10:36:49 PDT 1998
re: moderation
> Agreed, but no one is trying to control what anyone else is
> saying...only where it is said. You may write all the Letters to the
> Editor you like, but no law forces the newspaper to publish them. Pug
> owns this "electronic newspaper" and he gets to Edit......
in the words of a great american bard, "freedom of the press belongs to those that own
the press"
i see the same misunderstanding here about the concept of "moderation" and
"censorship" that i saw those many years when i ran a privare bbs system and
"moderated" several national conversation threads (very similar to this list). it was my
job to enforce topicality and defend the quality of the information from a never ending
horde of children and misinformed adults who assummed that they had some right to
say whatever they wanted, no matter how off-topic in a private venue. and then when
they were told "no" they start screaming censorship.
if folk choose not to follow the direction of the moderator / owner, the only "rights" such
people have in thsi situation (and in this lists situation) is go out and start their own
system.
personally i applaud Pug for the hands off approach that is the norm here ... this
shows a strong respect for the information and audience. i also applaud the hard
decision about stepping in when necessary to restore order to what was quickly
becoming a riot. discussion is one thing, general warnings a borderline thing i'm not
sure about, but the rabble rousing that was beginning to happen was right-out and
needed to be stopped cold.
'wolf
... When we hunt, we all function with one mind
... - Boingo, Pedestrian Wolves
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