[OSM-talk] moderation going forward

[Chris Browet]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 05:21, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Chris Browet <cbro at semperpax.com> wrote:
> > But every opinions should have a place to voice themselves, shouldn't
> they?
>
> No. Not all opinions are helpful. And certainly, sheer volume of
> opinions is unhelpful.
>

Pfff... Ok, welcome to Tropico island...

>
>
> > If Talk becomes moderated/censured, where would that be?
> > Wouldn't it better to create specific, on-topic moderated lists (and
> > moderate the existing ones) rather than moderating "Talk", whose topic is
> > not obvious?
> >
> > Then people who don't want the noise can just turn it off, while leaving
> a
> > place of "free speech", and topic-focused lists would be sane...
>
> If anything, I would do the opposite: tightly moderate Talk as a
> community forum where issues of all nature can be discussed, if done
>

You realize "tightly moderate" and "issues of all nature" are somewhat
contradictory, do you?


> so constructively and succinctly. Individual specialist lists could be
> left unmoderated. Since the numbers of subscribers are lower, they can
> form and enforce their own standards more easily.
>
> Btw, once more, this notion of "those who don't want the spam don't
> have to read it" is just plain wrong. The spam overwhelms the valuable
> discussion, meaning everyone suffers. It's not a question of "if you
> don't like the rain, don't stand in it".
>
>
Whatever, I give up... It's not like the community still has a say,
anyway...
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