Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:25:41 07/23/99
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On July 23, 1999 at 08:15:43, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >If a publicly issued posting has been deleted isn't that a public issue? Or >should we all pretend that nothing's happened and push such issues under the >carpet? > >What you just suggested looks rather like denying Fernando (or any other member >of the forum) the right to react. Even if we see the job of a moderator as >essentialy police work (cf. Bruce Moreland), the suspect (Fernando?) has the >right to make one phone call (his own reaction?), right? I have a feeling I'm going to get stuck with this one for a while. I don't see moderation as police work, but I think that it is possible for a moderator to work independently, like a cop works, rather than in strict conjunction with co-moderators, like a member of a judicial tribunal. Independent action allows for a lot more flexibility and a lot less email. I don't understand the "right to react" comment. Are you saying that no post gets deleted unless we spend a day arguing with the poster first? Fernando got a copy of his post in the mail. The moderators, including Fernando, got a copy of that post in the mail. It was possible to have a rational conversation at that point and decide to put the post back, if that was what was decided. I even offered to let Fernando put the post back, although I said that if he did I would respond to it. bruce
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