Author: Phil Dixon
Date: 13:42:13 07/23/99
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On July 23, 1999 at 12:17:18, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On July 23, 1999 at 06:53:45, Phil Dixon wrote: > >>On July 22, 1999 at 21:29:44, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>>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? >>> >>>bruce >> >>Of course you delete it. But *you* are not comparing apples to apples here with >>your hypothetical situation. I know that this is not an easy job. No matter >>what you do, someone will be unhappy. I stick by what I said but I will >>reluctantly agree that the moderators "sometimes" have to make the decision by >>themselves. > >Right, this is a more extreme case. It actually happened, too, last year, and >there have been other posts of this nature. Sometimes it is obvious that a post >should go away. > >Ok, you are now reading the group, and you come across a post in a thread by >itself, which relates to positions for intercourse. Almost certainly this is >going to get complaint by reasonable people. Almost certainly this is going to >make some people pretty mad, mad enough to complain via email and/or respond >with a flame. I think it is pretty clear that this needs to go as well. > >bruce Now that I know the content, you are right. It HAS to go. At least we can have a reasonable discussion and difference of opinion here about moderation. I took ONE look at rgcc and was horrified and never went (will) go back. I don't read every post, I know nothing about programming, but I still learn things here that are useful to me when I play the game that has fascinated me for forty years.
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