tragedy of the PList commons

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

Would like to here second davemarc's articulate take.  People should be 
able to police themselves.  Interesting that as of this posting, there's no
commentary from two of the main loci of attention.  Hmmmmmmm.

Would PList lose uniqueness, its je ne sais quoi, if moderated?

In a sense, if--this--list is unable to function as a benign anarchy, then fuck it.

My thoughts changing as I type, now I don't know what to think!

Is this the tragedfy of the P-list commons?  Public space is always
 comandeered eventually by those who don't want to *play nice*,  
nor to be taught that we ALL benefit from self-moderation.

Next thing you know, the state's taken over the playground!

Bums me the fuck out that things have come to this pass.  What's the
etiology of our current malaise?  Is this a rhetorical question?

johnny melancholy, baby
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wisewords from davemarc,

<ssnip>
>
>I'd *prefer* an unmoderated list (and this may be a non-issue if the
>current operators have no interest in becoming moderators), but I am not
>against experimenting with moderation.  I am definitely in favor of
>intelligent, witty, and creative posts, posts that are challenging to our
>intellects--not to our collective patience and standards of tolerance.  

<snip>

>Let's see just how gifted we are.  If enough participants contribute posts
>that are funny, flirtatious, rhyming, brilliant, etc., the atmosphere on
>the p-list will improve accordingly. 

<snip>

>And I hope that those who have been told to shut up, control themselves,
>etc., will re-assess how they've been using this list.

<snip, and good luck to that>