[13619] in Cypherpunks
Re: List moderation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sameer)
Fri May 13 14:46:57 1994
To: dave@marvin.jta.edd.ca.gov (Dave Otto)
Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 11:33:20 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: sameer@soda.berkeley.edu, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9405131830.AA17725@marvin.jta.edd.ca.gov> from "Dave Otto" at May 13, 94 11:30:51 am
From: Sameer <sameer@soda.berkeley.edu>
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> I oppose moderation. 1) It is a form of censorship. 2) It (inevitably)
> introduces bias. 3) If you don't like *them* (net.loon, etc.), create a
> kill file.
Like I said I already filter the list and generally only read
the people that I know will make a post that worth my time to read. I
don't propose that an moderated list is set up, but I suspect that I
will probably make available a filtered (by message, not by
author.. by author would be too easy) version of the list available if
I find it profitable.
If I suck at the job, then no one will use my filter and it
will be moot. (And I'll search for other ways to make my net-service
Better Than the Rest[tm])
-Sameer
