David Gerard wrote:
On 05/09/07, Rich Holton richholton@gmail.com wrote:
Too late for what? Of course you can't "unread" what you've read, but I'm NOT advocating the elimination of all moderation...I am advocating the light-handed application of it. I support moderating messages that contain personal attacks, etc. What harm have you received by reading a message? Or by reading a message enough to decide it's not worth reading further? And you can decide for yourself whether to respond.
We keep the moderation light because otherwise it's a damn nuisance.
People get put on mod by being massive pains in the backside. Even then, their messages get through if they aren't a continuation of being the massive pain in the backside.
The default moderation of new members is a massive pain in the backside itself, but was put into place (and then put back into place after it was removed) because people posting annoying rubbish to the list would just morph addresses to continue. We keep an eye on this in the hope of being able to remove it again.
- d.
I really am not criticizing the job the mods are doing. I hope that's not how I've come across.
-Rich