Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 14:05:32 11/03/03
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On November 03, 2003 at 16:42:24, Bob Durrett wrote: >On November 03, 2003 at 09:26:22, Mridul Muralidharan wrote: > >>Hi, >> >> Recently I came to know that Vincent Diepeveen has been banned from CCC >>without explaination. >>Especially before , during and after an important event like world champs ! >>Is this true ? and if yes , why ? >> >> >>Regards >>Mridul > >There appear to be two concerns regarding the "banning" of Vincent: > >(1) Some people wish to negotiate a change in moderator procedure, and there is >nothing wrong with negotiation, public or otherwise. > >(2) There is an appearances problem. A popular chess engine programmer claims >to have quit this bulletin board and one could easily assume that "It was all >Vincent's fault." That makes the "banning" look like retaliation rather than >justifiable punishment. Appearances are everything!!!! > >The fact of the matter is that this is a FREE bulletin board. Think about that! > >I would like to see CCC get back to many almost unbelievable discussions of the >gory details of exotic esoteric obscure [and sometimes misguided?] chess engine >programming issues but I don't pay to occupy this bulletin board either! I >guess it's "take what you get and like it." > >Really, CCC is a nice place. Besides, it's fun. There is an element of risk >which makes it exciting. If you don't play the game right you can get >suspended. So it becomes a game to see "how far can the moderators/owners be >pushed before they'll react?" It's sort of like the interractions between >teenagers and parents. I don't see that this a place where you are allowed to insult and belittle others with impunity, for which bloviations the CTF is more loosely suited. The person in question does this all the time and in fact does very little else unless it is to exalt himself at the expense of others. One can only laugh at people are surprised and somehow mystified at his being banned. MH > >Bob D.
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