[Foundation-l] Use of moderation

[Erik Zachte]

For the record, I am one of those who did not speak up yet
(ref Austin) who would hope some of our power posters felt 
less need to share every thought with the rest of us.

In a public debate few people with a firm stance can be 
convinced to change their mind, so most polemical posts 
can only hope to win over undecided onlookers.

Changes that that will happen also diminish fast as more 
and more readers lose interest in a discussion. 

I even fear that a new point of view after 20 replies 
on a thread has less change of getting across 
as many people already went their way.

There was a time when I tried to see all sides of debate. 
Nowadays I tend to selectively read replies from people 
who might have something to contribute. 
To me that sounds like a bad signal to noise ratio.

Erik Zachte