[Foundation-l] Use of moderation

[Anthony]

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Austin Hair <adhair at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A mailing list, however, is different.  A mailing list is a
> conversation.  Everyone's been in a conversation where a single person
> dominated, and no matter how smart or charismatic or entertaining he
> may be, dominating a conversation minimizes the chance for other
> people to contribute and makes it less useful.
>

I think it's great when one smart or entertaining person dominates a
conversation.  I'm much more interested in hearing from that one person than
equally from the 50 participants.  If that person is not smart (if my
purpose for participating is to learn) or entertaining (if my purpose for
participating is to have fun), I complain to whoever is in charge of the
venue, or I leave (assuming it's not a conversation I'm required to attend,
anyway).