Marc Riddell wrote:
> on 9/2/07 5:52 PM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com wrote:
>
>>> Not sure why you'd need to know. Any reason? People are usually
moderated
>>> for good reason.
>>>
>> Just for the sake of transparency, I guess.
>>
> Yes! If this List, much less the Project, is to maintain any
credibility,
> and the confidence of its Community, it has
got to remain open, fair
and
> honest to all. Secrecy breeds suspicion,
which breeds distrust. I have
never
> blindly followed anyone. And too many people
have ended up in my
therapy
> room for having done just that.
on 9/2/07 8:04 PM, Ray Saintonge at saintonge(a)telus.net wrote:
I do have mixed feelings on this because it is a
question of conflicting
values. Both privacy rights and operational transparency are
important. Still it is not enough to say that we must trust somebody
simply because he is in a position of leadership. Most people in that
position will not abuse the position, but occasionally some do, or
perhaps we need sound data so that the community can determine whether
the underlying policy is correct.
We don't need a list of the dedicated spammers; that would be too
boring. We don't need to know the names of the list newcomers who start
with a clearly offensive or overly aggressive post, though some
statistics would be interesting. I would still be more sympathetic to
knowing about what happens to people who were already list members, and
who went over some kind of line. This is where the community may have a
different opinion about the punishment. Perhaps the affected person
should have some input into whether the action should be kept
confidential.
Is is really the persons being moderated
who want the fact be kept
confidential?
If I were to become a moderated voice on this List - I would want EVERYONE
to know. Then let the other Members of the Community decide if that voice
is
one they want to be protected from.
Marc
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