Straw Poll: Should this newsgroup be moderated?
Will van Zwanenberg
this newsgroup. I am increasingly of the opinion that this newsgroup
should be moderated.
Opinions please ...
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Pamela Fitzpatrick
Especially since I'm not given any information to the type of moderation
that will occur.
I do believe that as a group we have been able to handle what occurs that
we disagree with in an adult way. I believe that the disagreements are just
as vital to the person that is dyslexic (or parents dealing with this in
the school systems) because *ironically* it will be the same stuff that we
run into (my way is the best way and ignore all "those" people that aren't
experts or "real" PhD's) --- So far I haven't seen anything different then
what I deal with here in my corner of the universe, and the replies have
been helpful to me.
<soapbox being tucked away>
-Pam
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S. W. Davison
My vote is against making this a moderated newsgroup.
However, I might not really understand what it means for a newsgroup to be
moderated. I think it means that one or more individuals are selected
(how?) to serve as gatekeepers. They review proposed posts (in their "spare
time"?) and decide according to some criteria (determined how?) whether to
post the material. Presumably there would be some sort of appeal process
for those whose posts had been rejected, and a complaint process readers
could use if they felt improper material had been posted.
Is that the way it would work? I'm just guessing.
If so, I don't think it would be a good idea for this newsgroup.
There are a few obviously inappropriate posts, such as pyramid scheme and
porn ads, but I find those easy to ignore; and when one really bothers me, I
can complain to the poster's ISP. (Most news messages have in the header a
field tagged as "X-Complaints-To:" with an email address.)
And then there are posts that are really ads for remediation techniques. I
don't mind those, as long as the poster discloses his connection with the
vendor -- but I know they infuriate some people. Would they stay or go?
Many of the remediation techniques are worthless -- proven to be
worthless -- known to be worthless by their promotors.
I hope there's a special pit in hell reserved for those cruel, greedy
people. But as far as the newsgroup goes, I'd rather we handled it by
discussion within the group: when one of us sees an unreasonable claim
being made, he/she posts a response questioning the claim.
The problem with censorship is that the censor is almost always wrong from
the point of view of at least a few prospective readers.
Stowe Davison
Pamela Fitzpatrick
-Pam
S. W. Davison <nos...@erols.com> wrote in article
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Frank
No moderation.
Without moderation we can reply to each other several times a day, moderation
would reduce that significantly.
Dyslexics are known for coming up with wild ideas that work. A moderator may
see someone's wild idea as garbage when in fact it is a solution we have all
been looking for. Most of us dyslexics have been restricted by that type of
moderation all our lives and the nice thing about this group is that we are
not restricted.
We were in effect moderated by Ted Rosenberg for a long time, and because of
that we accomplished very little. When Ted started leaving us alone we were
free to bounce some of our wild ideas back and forth while searching for truth
in them.
I receive no spam in any of the newsgroups I read, my news service provider
<http://www.supernews.com> has installed a filter that removes all
mass-postings. Other providers can be encouraged to do the same.
Frank
Thelma Good
*noers*
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I am dyslexic and therefore a creative speller!
Pamela Fitzpatrick
I was sputtering so much in my reply to the moderation request <?> that I
missed this aspect entirely!!!
-Pam
Frank <Fr...@mmpsmjibuu.net> wrote in article
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