Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 22:40:21 09/22/98
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I liked this post, but I would like to offer my own viewpoint. This has been my month to be, for lack of a better phrase, moderator-on-call. It has been my job to make the announcements and warnings and try to handle the time-critical stuff and the no-brainers. I know that many of the people who read the group want moderation to be done quietly, and in fact I think that both of the other moderators want to do moderation quietly, but since it is my month I decided to be louder. I have a few reasons for wanting to do this, but mainly I don't feel comfortable working the other way, which I regard as somewhat Orwellian. It would disturb me if posts and posters start disappearing without a trace, so I have tried to make announcements when serious stuff happens. I very much agree that a deleted post dump would be a good thing. It has been a rough month. I don't know if my strategy made this worse, but the point may not be very critical since the month is almost over. I don't think the group has much interest in getting together, as a group, and making rules and defining standards. Individuals may yawp loudly about rules and procedure when something happens that they don't agree with, but as a group I think people regard every post about rules and procedures as off-topic or at least uninteresting. I am willing to continue to try to use my best judgement when moderating, but I fully expect to see a lot of posts telling me that my judgment is not good enough. bruce
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