Author: Phil Dixon
Date: 03:53:45 07/23/99
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On July 22, 1999 at 21:29:44, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On July 22, 1999 at 21:24:10, Phil Dixon wrote: > >>On July 22, 1999 at 20:12:33, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>> >>>On July 22, 1999 at 19:28:18, Mark Young wrote: >>> >>>>I never did understand the moderation representation on CCC. We vote for three >>>>moderators, but instead of having two of the three moderators agreeing to delete >>>>a post, we have three three kings that do as they will when they see a post they >>>>think should be deleted. This approach kills the representation of the mass of >>>>CCC. Not a very logical way to represent the voters. >>>> >>>>Under the circumstances of how the moderators represent the voters I understand >>>>and agree with your reasons for resigning. As it stands now if one moderator can >>>>delete posts at will without the consent of at least one other moderator, this >>>>leave you unable to represent your position and view as moderator that you ran >>>>and were elected on by the voters of CCC to represent. >>> >>>It depends upon how you see the job of moderator. I view post deletion as a >>>police function, mainly. You wouldn't expect the cops to get together and vote >>>before they arrested someone, would you? >>> >>>The voting process has no hierarchy or decision process built in. We elect >>>three moderators but we don't give them any framework for dealing with each >>>other. My first point of business was to try to establish a framework, but we >>>never got together and did it. >>> >>>I think this is only the second time that something was deleted, it has been >>>mostly quiet so far. >>> >>>I don't think that moderators are above the charter, and I will react the same >>>way to a moderator post as to any other post. If I had seen any other member >>>post that I would have deleted it. >>> >>>bruce >> >>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? > >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.
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