Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 04:53:10 07/03/00
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On July 03, 2000 at 00:18:25, Michael Neish wrote: > >> >>I already checked this. It is very easy. One hour of work. >> > >Hi Chris, > >Just wondering, does this mean that you are using the system you are >recommending on your own computer chess board? If so, how's it doing? We thought of a fixed value of 2, to represent reads by me and Thorsten. > >I'm inclined to disagree with your suggestion, but I'm not sure yet. I've >noticed that a lot of names appear in certain off-topic threads that do not >contribute to definitely on-topic threads, and vice-versa, and the number of >people contributing to strictly on-topic issues are probably a small minority of >the whole membership. Yes. Another interesting side-effect of ReadCount. One could tell, after a fashion, what the members were actually doing here. Arguably, some interested parties might not want us to know. It is always easier to control things when information is restricted. With knowledge, members would moderate themselves better, I think. Wouldn't that be a desirable thing? Chris Whittington > I think some moderation is necessary, or else there will >be a gradual increase in off-topic posts and the whole board will gradually >evolve into a general chat board. > >Excuse the F-word, but for example whenever Fischer's name comes up there seems >to be no shortage of people wanting to contribute to it. Such threads have had >to be stopped by the moderators several times since I've started coming here, >less than a year ago. Without moderation what would have happened? And knowing >how potentially inflammatory this topic can be, it would have led to mayhem. >This is probably why they opened up the chess board next door. > >Cheers, > >Mike.
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