[Foundation-l] Reply to Mark

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Wed Feb 27 00:15:27 UTC 2008


>  Foundation-l administrative actions are usually done quietly, and for
>  the most part nobody notices.  If you've just made some inflammatory
>  comments and suddenly find that your posts are taking an hour or two
>  to make it to the list, it's because we've flagged you for moderation
>  and are reviewing your posts before allowing them through.  It's in
>  this way that we try to enforce some semblance of civil discussion,
>  and many have said that we still don't do enough.

Actually, when you're being moderated, you get emails saying "The
following email is awaiting moderation" or similar, so it's difficult
not to notice. (And yes, I speak from experience... I would have
appreciated someone having the common decency to tell me what they
were doing...)



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