[Foundation-l] Use of moderation

[Mark Williamson]

People are complaining to whoever is in charge of the venue.

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On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> 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).
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