Subject: RE: A semi-moderated list?

From: George Gallen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 13:54:46 -0500

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From: Lea [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 1:37 PM
To: Pine Discussion Forum
Subject: Re: A semi-moderated list?

> On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Bob Rasmussen wrote:
> 
> > If there are others who would like to see this list moderated, I
encourage you
> > to speak up. Let's not allow the bad to drive out the good.

I truly hate having to say this, but in my line of work (frontline
computer
consulting) I listen to enough verbal abuse as it is.  I don't want to
read
abusive language in what's supposed to be a professional mailing list,
and
no, I'm not yet prepared to unsubscribe.  The information exchange on
this
list over the past few years has been too valuable to me to simply
dismiss
it. I can understand Ken and Robin's frustrations - they are both highly
technically competent - but to be honest, I don't think it's fair to
assume
that people asking a common question to which the answer is simple
haven't
done their homework.  I've had personal experience working with
complicated
software for the first time where I really had no idea where the
'feature' I
wanted was hidden...er...located, and the built-in help menus weren't
any
help because I didn't know what term the software used to reference this
feature.  

So yeah, another vote for moderation.  Every which way.

Lea

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From: George Gallen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 13:58:20 -0500

oops, first one went out as blank...I guess a moderated list would
have stopped that from bugging anyone :)

Either way, it doesn't make a big difference to me, I can hit the
delete key pretty easy when it gets rediculous...

Two problems with moderation:

1. Who will moderate it (like they already have much too much
   spare time)
2. How much time will that add to the posting? If someone needs
   answers quickly, even getting non helpful replies is ok, as
   long as you are also getting the helpful ones.

and assuming the moderators are being objective, even sometimes
the rediculous can be helpful, but the moderator may not see that.

Personally, I favor unmoderated, but can live with moderated.

George Gallen
[email-masked]
-----Original Message-----
From: Lea [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 1:37 PM
To: Pine Discussion Forum
Subject: Re: A semi-moderated list?

encourage you

Lea