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.4.05.9810142144520.1400-100000@fatcat.dstc.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 36280e37.12679492@news.erols.com
On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Ell wrote:
> If only for the fact that they intend on filling vacancies only
> through selection by moderators - though there is more - I would
> reject the proposal out of hand. I mean, I never thought that I would
> hear of people *willingly* accepting that. It boggles my mind that
> some people accept this. Both the notion and its acceptance are
> terrible are reprehensible, as I see it.
Why so? Have a look at comp.lang.c++.moderated, to pick one example. That's
a group that is moderated according to the same rules. The group is
extremely high quality, choc-a-block full of useful information, and not at
all stifled. (If I was a moderator, I would probably be less lenient than
the current moderators.) In addition, the signal-to-noise ratio is excellent,
and I can read the group without having to wade through job advertisements,
flames, ads for personal loans or pornographic sites, or thinly-disguised
attempts by students to get someone else do do their homework for them.
I don't care about principles of freedom or democracy in this case. Instead,
I care about having an information source that is useful, informative,
and free of irrelevant material. Moderation achieves that in an effective
way, so I get what I want.
By your argument, magazines, newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations
shouldn't have editors either, who, after all, also exercise editorial
control and have influence over content.
The simple reality is that if you don't want a moderated newsgroup, don't
read it. Meanwhile, the rest of us can go and be happy with that group.
Democracy is freedom of choice, among other things.
Michi.
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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 ` 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 [this message]
1998-10-14 0:00 ` Reality is a point of view
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 ` Jason Stokes
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Robert C. Martin
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
1998-10-13 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
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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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