Re: Interested in a moderated theory forum?

From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne_at_acm.org>
Date: 19 Jan 2004 05:15:20 GMT
Message-ID: <bufp58$gepog$3@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>

The world rejoiced as "Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote:

> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in message news:Afidna3v8dKtOZfdRVn-ig_at_golden.net...
>>

>> If the moderators are that ignorant of something so basic, I see no
>> value in the forum. It is far more likely the moderators will
>> censor the helpful and accurate posts than the complete garbage.

> Moderation is about form, tone and politeness, not content.

In the case of this forum, the _killer_ question would be of who takes responsibility for moderation.

What is probable is that, in the absence of someone industry-recognizable to take responsibility, the best you'll get is one or two peoples' sets of prejudices deciding what gets accepted or rejected.

And it is _really_ doubtful that you'll get anyone "first string" to accept the responsibility; there's no end of grief in moderating newsgroups, and no real "win" to the moderator.

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