From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f753e,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidf753e,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,d4b3d171336fca98 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 14e27f,d4b3d171336fca98 X-Google-Attributes: gid14e27f,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: crawley@dstc.edu.au (Stephen Crawley) Subject: Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated Date: 1998/10/14 Message-ID: <701226$h4v$1@piglet.dstc.edu.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 400835863 References: <907918039.22235@isc.org> <8zPU1.660$zi4.293929060@newsreader.digex.net> X-Complaints-To: usenet@dstc.edu.au X-Trace: piglet.dstc.edu.au 908331910 17567 130.102.176.31 (14 Oct 1998 02:25:10 GMT) Organization: CRC for Distributed Systems Technology Reply-To: crawley@dstc.edu.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Oct 1998 02:25:10 GMT Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.ada,comp.object.corba,comp.software-eng,news.groups.news.announce.newsgroups Date: 1998-10-14T02:25:10+00:00 List-Id: In article <8zPU1.660$zi4.293929060@newsreader.digex.net>, Ell 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