From: "Robert C. Martin" <rmartin@oma.com>
Subject: Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated
Date: 1998/10/12
Date: 1998-10-12T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6vt92j$m9e$1@hirame.wwa.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6vsuhb$grp$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net
Jason Stokes wrote in message
<6vsuhb$grp$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>...
>In article <w1rk926jkch.fsf@falcon>, Patrick May <mayp@falcon> wrote:
>>
>> The creation of comp.object.moderated is an attempt to maintain a
>>minimum level of civility in the discussion of OO technology. The
>>charter does not allow censorship based on content. This group has
>>been requested solely due to the pollution of comp.object by a single
>>prolific poster who makes some interesting points but wraps them in
>>flames, insults, and off-topic material.
>
>A single prolific poster can be killfiled quite easily. Any self
>respecting news reader software will have a feature to score and reject
>articles from particular people automatically.
The problem goes far beyond one person. Whether due to one person or to
many, the end result is that comp.object has turned into a place dominated
by noise, name calling, off topic philosophical discussions, and personal
insults. The long term exposure of many of the regular posters to this
barrage of insults and denegrations has let to some posters becoming trigger
happy, blasting off a premptive strike at the first indication of trouble.
The noisy off-topic philosophical arguments have also attracted certain
posters who like to continue these off topic threads. The result has been
chaos, and a marked attenuation of real content from the group.
The informal vote to moderate was overwhelmingly in favor. (By well over a
factor of ten). This, I think, indicates that the noise level has gotten to
the point where moderators must intervene and put the discussions back on a
technical foundation rather than a personal one.
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Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-09 0:00 RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated Tim Ottinger
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Ell
1998-10-13 0:00 ` James Robertson
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Ell
1998-10-13 0:00 ` James Robertson
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Michi Henning
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Patrick Logan
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Sven Sass
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Ell
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Patrick Logan
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Ell
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Ell
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Stephen Crawley
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Ell
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Robert Oliver
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Michi Henning
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Reality is a point of view
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Michi Henning
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Ell
1998-10-31 0:00 ` Ell
1999-07-29 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1998-10-11 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1998-10-11 0:00 ` Phlip
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Patrick May
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Jason Stokes
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin [this message]
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Avner Ben
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Jay Denebeim
1998-10-12 0:00 ` David Franklin Reynolds
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Phlip
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Reality is a point of view
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Loryn Jenkins
1998-10-15 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Loryn Jenkins
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Tim Ottinger
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Phlip
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1999-07-29 0:00 ` David Mescher
1999-07-29 0:00 ` J Durbin
1999-07-29 0:00 ` Jeff J. Wilson
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Mark Bennison
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Ell
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Patrick Logan
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Reality is a point of view
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Gerhard Menzl
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Boris Schaefer
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
1999-07-29 0:00 ` Jay Denebeim
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Tim Ottinger
[not found] ` <363314e1.131092310@enews.newsguy.com>
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Phlip
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Boris Schaefer
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Kevin Szabo
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Juergen Schlegelmilch
1999-07-29 0:00 ` Jay Denebeim
1999-07-29 0:00 ` Reposts of old news (was Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated) Kathy Pascoe
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Ell
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Jason Stokes
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Jason Stokes
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Ell
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Jay Denebeim
1999-07-31 0:00 ` Ken Foskey
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Reposts of old news Eric Clayberg
1999-07-31 0:00 ` Reposts of old news (was Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated) Ell
1999-08-05 0:00 ` Nic
1999-08-05 0:00 ` universe
1999-07-29 0:00 ` REPOST ATTACK (Was: " Jon Bell
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-08-27 0:00 RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated Tim Ottinger
[not found] ` <H5oH1.634$495.190709860@newsreader.digex.net>
[not found] ` <35ee6ccb.0@news2.ibm.net>
1998-09-06 0:00 ` Ell
1998-09-07 0:00 ` Rolf F. Katzenberger
1998-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Martin
1998-09-08 0:00 ` Rolf F. Katzenberger
1998-09-07 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
1998-09-08 0:00 ` Tim Ottinger
1998-09-17 0:00 ` Tim Ottinger
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