Re: Interested in a moderated theory forum?

"Paul G. Brown" <paul_geoffrey_brown_at_yahoo.com> skrev i en meddelelse news:57da7b56.0401172227.1b7c03ea_at_posting.google.com...
> "Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message
news:<H05Ob.83365$I06.360831_at_attbi_s01>...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have in the past had excellent experiences with moderated forums.
> > The difference between a moderated forum and an unmoderated
> > one is that a moderated forum has certain standards of behavior
> > that are enforced, whereas in an unmoderated forum such as
> > this one (comp.databases.theory) anyone can say anything without
> > consequence.
> >
> > If you've ever been hestitant to post here because of the written
> > abuse that sometimes results, you might enjoy a moderated
> > forum.
>
> The problem with a moderated forum is that arseholes like Bob B.
> would be banned very quickly. Now, Bobs's a complete prick, with zero
> redeeming social value. But he's often astute in his judgements and
> (when he bothers to be) insightful in his advice.
>
> Moderated forums degenerate into mutual admiration societies. When
> we write a forum post, we ought to all be aware that what we write
> will be judged by an eternity of readers with access to Google (or
> whatever replaces it).

That is not my experience with comp.lang.c++.moderated

>
> Flame on then, all you want. It helps keep the list free of fools.
> But be aware that we will all be judged by our enemies are as much as
> we are judged by your friends.
>
> KR
>
> Pb
Received on Sun Jan 18 2004 - 05:49:07 CST