From: crawley@dstc.edu.au (Stephen Crawley)
Subject: Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated
Date: 1998/10/14
Date: 1998-10-14T02:25:10+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <701226$h4v$1@piglet.dstc.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8zPU1.660$zi4.293929060@newsreader.digex.net
In article <8zPU1.660$zi4.293929060@newsreader.digex.net>,
Ell <ell@access2.digex.net> wrote:
>There's no excuse for dictatorship!
It is my democratic right to vote for a "dictatorship" if I think
this is the best solution.
>: When it comes to technology, a benevolent dictatorship often works a lot
>: better than a democracy...
>
>I totally disagree!
Your opinion has been noted. [We'll send the thought police around
later to re-educate you :-)]
Seriously, the problem with USENET news is that there is currently no
technology to allow the readership of a group implement policies to
ensure that the group suit their collective needs. Until such
technology is available, we have to rely on primitive (labor
intensive) mechanisms like human moderation, with all the risks that
this won't work very well.
Meanwhile, I'm happy with a "dictator" moderator, not least because I
see examples where the model works VERY WELL (IMO); e.g. comp.risks.
If the dictator does a bad job, and is unwilling to move aside ... we
can always go back to comp.object and start again.
-- Steve
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-10-14 0:00 UTC|newest]
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 ` 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 [this message]
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Reality is a point of view
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Ell
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Michi Henning
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Robert Oliver
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Patrick Logan
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Sven Sass
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 ` Phlip
1998-10-11 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Tim Ottinger
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Patrick May
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 ` Phlip
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Tim Ottinger
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
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Avner Ben
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Jay Denebeim
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Jason Stokes
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
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
[not found] ` <363314e1.131092310@enews.newsguy.com>
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Kevin Szabo
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Juergen Schlegelmilch
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Phlip
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Boris Schaefer
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 ` Charles Hixson
1998-09-08 0:00 ` Tim Ottinger
1998-09-17 0:00 ` Tim Ottinger
1998-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Martin
1998-09-08 0:00 ` Rolf F. Katzenberger
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