Re[2]: The Who Digest Vol 3 Num 79

[James L Jackson <jacksonj@battelle.org>]

          Eddie,
          
          I don't think I like this. Even if it's flammage, I'd prefer 
          to be the judge of what I think is or isn't appropriate or 
          offsubject.  I don't want a list moderator who makes those 
          kinds of decisions for me. One thing I think a list 
          maintainer can do is to keep us up to date on things, like 
          how many subscribers have bailed following this spate of 
          flames, etc. That way, we can see what effect the flaming is 
          actually having on us. But I don't want a list maintainer to 
          decide when a topic is dead or to keep me from seeing some 
          flame (actually, I do read them all, and if I don't like it, 
          I can either delete it or send comment on it).
          
          /Jim


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Subject: Re: The Who Digest Vol 3 Num 79
Author:  "Eddie W. Presley Jr" <epresley@iu.net> at ~internet
 Sun Dec  7 13:22:25 PST 1997
Date:    3/21/96 12:07 PM


          
        Well, I used to think that too, being on another list where the
moderator is heavily involved. Now, I can see why the moderator is so 
involved and have come to appreciate his diligence. That list is a digest 
only forum and he deletes posts that are flames or off topic so they don't 
get shipped out. He also reads every post and sometimes comments on 
them...(Which can be annoying, but he usually points out when to include 
more info or that all e-mail in response to that post should go private as 
they wont be put on the list). He also sets deadlines for threads and once 
they reach the dead horse phase he does not allow anymore posts on them. So 
a little more involvment may not be such a bad thing. As I said before, you 
can also develope a filter system for the subject headings to pre-weed out 
anything you don't want as a subscriber.