Text 39383, 71 rader
Skriven 2006-09-21 16:25:43 av Jeff Smith (1:14/0)
  Kommentar till text 39304 av David Drummond (3:640/305)
Ärende: terrorism
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Hello David.

21 Sep 06 06:32, you wrote to me:

 DD> Jeff Smith -> David Drummond wrote:


 JS>>>>     My point is IF there is to be a moderator here in this
 JS>>>> echo. That person should have the time and the ability to
 JS>>>> moderate. To be fair but firm with both friend and foe alike.
 JS>>>> There are enough free-for-all and flame echos already. This
 JS>>>> shouldn't be yet one more of those.

 DD>>> Methinks you have the roles of the moderator confused with that
 DD>>> of the executioner.


 JS>>      That would depend on the degree of moderating that is
 JS>> nessesary. It would most likely take a firm hand initially. Then
 JS>> less and less as the participants understand, accept the echo
 JS>> guidelines or rules.

 DD> It matters not - the only person who can moderate an individual is
 DD> that individual themselves.

     We're really talking semantics here David.

 DD> The "official moderator" can only make requests of the individual to
 DD> moderate himself.

     The moderator would act as moderator and request/require a change
in behavior of one or more echo participants. It would then be up to the
participent to abide by the request and modify their behavior accordingly.
If the echo paticipents at that point choose to ignore the moderator then
other alternatives would need to be used. Yes... I know the effectiveness
of feed cuts in todays Fidonet.


   My point is that the moderator here is ineffective and and by all
appearences absent. If he were acting in even a small way as moderator
this echo wouldn't be in the condition it is in. IMHO.


 DD> The "official moderator" of this echo certainly does that - I have
 DD> received a few netmails over the years from him asking me to
 DD> "moderate" my message content.


     In the last 12 months or even a year. <g> How much "Moderating" has
he done. Based upon behavior in the echo and Björn's lack of presence as
moderator I don't see any sign of moderating having been done.

     I am not trying to critisize the man as he may have good reasons for
not being able to act as moderator. I am critisizing his performance as
moderator though. His lack of moderating is obvious and can be seen by all.



 DD> --

 DD> regards

 DD> David

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Jeff

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