The future of the list?

[Henry Musikar]

The women (Linda, Vaska, Meg, Penny, Chris K) are so reasonable about 
all this. Are the flames fed by testosterone? Is it really a matter 
of whose voice/input is bigger/louder?

On 19 Jul 97 at 22:08, Vaska <vaska at geocities.com> wrote:

> It's the second time in a week I find myself in full agreement with
> Linda. How would we sort out all of the issues she's just raised? 
> By what process? A-and, who will play the "pointsman" role if we do
> decide we need one?  
> 
> Vaska
> 
> Linda Highland wrote:
> >My gut reaction to this was "bad idea" .  But this may be because I'm
> >unfamiliar with how a moderated list works.  I assume someone-- "a
> >moderator"-- prescreens posts before they are sent out to the general
> >list.  Are messages refused because they are offensive, becase they are
> >off topic, because the moderator feels it is inappropriate, because it
> >is the sort of message members have complained about before....?  All of
> >the above?  I assume posts are "held up" for an indefinate time until
> >the moderator has time to screen them. What effect does this usually
> >have on the flow of the discussion?  Does it slow things down enough so
> >that people think before they write, or does it slow things down so that
> >people lose track of the discussion? 
> >Basically, what really would change?
> >
> 
> 

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