[76930] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Proposed list charter/AUP change?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Nash)
Wed Jan 5 13:56:09 2005
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:56:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Bill Nash <billn@billn.net>
To: Janet Sullivan <ciscogeek@bgp4.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <41DC1B2B.5090704@bgp4.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Janet Sullivan wrote:
>
> Bill Nash wrote:
>
>> On/off topic is very relevant, since it determines moderator involvement.
>> Many people feel moderation is broken, and topical candidates are an
>> element of it. Seeing post after post from people who feel they've been
>> unfairly sanctioned, or having clueful users appearing on virtual milk
>> cartons is a problem. Fix it.
>
> https://lists.bgp4.net/mailman/listinfo/netops
This is an excellent point to bring up, and it's good to have alternative
forums.
But.
It's a band-aid, in the short term, and won't do much to
'unalienate' (disalienate?) those who have departed, by choice or
otherwise, because of moderator actions.
- billn