Text 1296, 53 rader
Skriven 2009-11-14 15:33:16 av Lee Lofaso (3:800/432.0)
   Kommentar till text 1208 av Mark Lewis (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: FidoNews 26:45 [01/0
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Hello Mark,

>MvdV>As far as the network is concerned the user has the same
>MvdV>right to comment on whatever comes along as the sysop.

ML>this is quite incorrect.. users are just that... users...
ML>the network carries their traffic but they have no rights
ML>within the network... they never have had any... those who
ML>think otherwise are reading stuff that does not exist and
ML>never has existed...

There are several categories of membership in fido -

Regular Members
Associate Members
Commercial Members
Honorary Members
Life Members
Freeloader Members

All members have the same rights and privileges, excepting the
right to vote, which is reserved for certain memberships.

>MvdV>Only the sysop may impose additional limits on what his users
>MvdV>may write. The exception is the sysop only echo.

ML>this, too, is incorrect... moderators also impose rules as
ML>to what may be written in their echos... of course, since
ML>fidonet's moderating style is reactive instead of
ML>proactive, this quite different than usenet newsgroups and
ML>even WWIV message areas (which are also based on
ML>newsgroups)... even the old RIME/PCRelay areas were
ML>reactive instead of proactive...

All moderators are obliged to honor P4, as well as all sysops and fido
administrators.  However, this rule is rarely, if ever, enforced.  I am,
of course, referring to Policy 4, s9.1 in particular. But you know that.

>MvdV>Neither this echo nor FTSC_PUBLIC is a sysop only echo.

ML>agreed :)

Since all participants (both sysops and non-sysops) are, in effect,
members of fido, this echo and the FTSC_PUBLIC echo, and most other
echos, is open to anyone and everyone.

--Lee


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