On 05/09/07, Rich Holton <richholton(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Too late for what? Of course you can't
"unread" what you've read, but
I'm NOT advocating the elimination of all moderation...I am advocating
the light-handed application of it. I support moderating messages that
contain personal attacks, etc. What harm have you received by reading a
message? Or by reading a message enough to decide it's not worth reading
further? And you can decide for yourself whether to respond.
We keep the moderation light because otherwise it's a damn nuisance.
People get put on mod by being massive pains in the backside. Even
then, their messages get through if they aren't a continuation of
being the massive pain in the backside.
The default moderation of new members is a massive pain in the
backside itself, but was put into place (and then put back into place
after it was removed) because people posting annoying rubbish to the
list would just morph addresses to continue. We keep an eye on this in
the hope of being able to remove it again.
- d.
I really am not criticizing the job the mods are doing. I hope that's
not how I've come across.
-Rich