missing "The Glory Days"

[jbor at bigpond.com]

Interesting that -- as information contained in one legitimate Playboy 
article about Pynchon is misquoted and misrepresented while a 
first-hand statement that a second Playboy article purporting to be an 
"interview" with Pynchon is actually a fake is swept under the carpet 
-- neither of those original two posts ever showed up on the list. No 
explanations, no "technical" problems. Just two -- at least two -- 
blocked posts.

File under 'Things that make you go hmm'.

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On 01/07/2005, at 8:14 AM, jbor wrote:

> No, there was nothing objectionable at all: both posts were brief, 
> interesting, first-hand reminiscences about Jules and the "Lineland" 
> era here. They were posts to the list from other listers which were 
> cc'ed to me. One of the two posts was definitely under the 10k limit.
>
> There's no technical reason I can see for two separate posts from two 
> separate listers (i.e. different people, not just one person using two 
> or more email addresses) not to appear on the list, unless, as I said, 
> there was a server malfunction for at least an hour, some 82 hours ago 
> now. Or a deliberate block was placed on those posts.
>
> best
>
> On 01/07/2005, at 3:13 AM, Ghetta Life wrote:
>>
>> Just wondering:  Was there anything "objectionable" in the content of 
>> those posts?  This "unmoderated" list has known administrator actions 
>> that belie that label in the past...
>>
>> Ghetta
>>
>>> From: jbor at bigpond.com
>>>
>>> I think Will's comment or question might have something to do with 
>>> the fact that two -- at least two -- posts on "The Glory Days" 
>>> thread were blocked from the list a couple of days ago. I can vouch 
>>> for this because the posts were cc'ed to me as well as posted to the 
>>> list. The posts were quite long, because the thread was long and the 
>>> posters copied what had been posted in the thread previously, but it 
>>> is now well outside the 48 hours or however long it takes for posts 
>>> over 10k to be screened by the list administrator (and, the posts 
>>> were in fact no longer than a couple of the posts that did go 
>>> straight through to the list at around the same time anyway). I 
>>> guess it's possible that there was a server malfunction for at least 
>>> an hour some 76 hours ago; it's also possible that the posts were 
>>> deliberately blocked for some reason. Any suggestions from "those 
>>> who know"?
>>>
>>> best
>>>
>>> On 30/06/2005, at 9:55 PM, Will Layman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Like, fer example, "The Glory Days" look pretty good right now.
>>>>
>>>>  ??
>>>
>