[Talk-us] New List: osm-professional

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Russ Nelson wrote:
> I'm also pretty sure that people will join or not
> join, and use or not use osm-professional depending on how good a job
> Serge does.  Rather than pre-judge him, why don't we ...

If you create a new list and announce that it will be moderated to 
ensure professional conduct, isn't that already pre-judging the 
participants? I don't really know what is normal in the US; maybe people 
over there are more used to others having their thumbs on the "beep" 
button in case someone says something evil. But I, personally, feel 
offended by the idea that someone else feels the need to censor my words.

(Censorship is, I believe, the correct term for what Serge calls "full 
moderation"; censorship does not imply that words are changed or 
removed, it just says that words will not get through without the censor 
hitting the "ok" button.)

Bye
Frederik

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