Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 22:15:22 07/22/99
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On July 22, 1999 at 21:40:56, Dann Corbit wrote: >On July 22, 1999 at 21:29:44, Bruce Moreland wrote: >[snip] >>> >>>I don't think any one person should be allowed to impose their guidelines, >>>standards, etc. on the rest of us here at the CCC. I don't believe it was ever >>>set up with a ONE MAN show in mind. No matter who it is. >> >>Alright. Let's talk practical stuff, like I in fact did in my "platform" thing. >> >>Someone who you have never heard of writes a post with the title: >> >>"F--- you" >> >>The content of the post is: >> >>"No really, f--- you". >> >>That's all, but of course the hyphens in the post are of course not hyphens, and >>I would ordinarily spell out the words, but given the present climate I think >>people would probably jump on me. >> >>You run across this post at 12:38 a.m., as you are getting ready to go to bed. >>What do *you* do about this, as one of three moderators? > >Not only would I delete it, I would not even bother sending an email to the >other moderators to ask their opinion. > >That is one of the reasons I said in my statement that moderators would be >called upon to use their "brain-pan." > >On Usenet, there are forums: >news:rec.humor {Jokes and the like -- may be somewhat offensive} >news:rec.humor.funny {Jokes that are funny -- in the moderator's opinion} >news:alt.tasteless.jokes {title says it all} > >I don't read them, but if you like that sort of thing -- there you go. > >I am not saying that we should sterilize this forum like some hospital >instrument. But if (in the judgement of an acting moderator) something that is >supposed to be funny may offend a significant fraction of the audience -- then >it should be removed. All the more so because there are appropriate forums for >that sort of thing. > >Go and take a look at news:rec.games.chess.computer and you will find that it is >still a cesspool precisely because you can post anything you like to an >unmoderated Usenet newsgroup. The entire purpose of this forum was to provide a >location where people can talk about chess/computer related issues in a place >free from offensive posts. > >Moderators were chosen for their judgement. Let them exercise it. >For Crying Out Loud. Right. The "F--- you" post is real, by the way, it happened last time I was a moderator, and it had nothing to do with Fernando of course. I don't think this place should be sterile either, but there is a difference between sterile and writing things that are simply invitations for trouble. I deleted that post because I was convinced that the alternative was a pretty bad day today, and for absolutely no reason. I tried to head that off. I figured that Fernando would be pissed briefly, but that there would be a discussion via moderator email and he could be led to understand that you shouldn't spontaneously start dirty joke threads in CCC. bruce
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