From: Michi Henning <michi@dstc.edu.au>
Subject: Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated
Date: 1998/10/14
Date: 1998-10-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9810140616400.10821-100000@fatcat.dstc.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: eZMU1.641$zi4.206438474@newsreader.digex.net
On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Ell wrote:
> Did you read really the heinous rules for the group. Did you fail to see
> the way that moderators can operate in way such that subjective desires
> and wishes can predominate?
That is the nature of editorial control. No amount of rules will fix this.
> Did you fail to see that there is no provision for
> electing new moderators?! Not to mention that moderators are elected for
> life!
Good thing too. Moderators are typically highly-dedicated individuals who
are experts in the topic of the group. I am personally much more happy
with one moderator appointing another one than I am with a democracy
where half the people who vote don't have the wherewithal to make an
informed decision about a moderator's competency and then end up voting
for the moderator who can make the most noise and runs the best advertising
campaign.
When it comes to technology, a benevolent dictatorship often works a lot
better than a democracy...
Cheers,
Michi.
Copyright 1998 Michi Henning. All rights reserved.
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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 [this message]
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 ` 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 ` Joachim Durchholz
1998-10-11 0:00 ` Phlip
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Patrick May
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 ` 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 ` Jeff J. Wilson
1999-07-29 0:00 ` J Durbin
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 ` Robert C. Martin
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Ell
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Boris Schaefer
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
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
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 ` REPOST ATTACK (Was: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated) Jon Bell
1999-07-29 0:00 ` RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated 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 ` 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
1999-07-30 0:00 ` Jason Stokes
-- 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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