Re: [DNS] moderator

Re: [DNS] moderator

From: George Fong <george§hunterpage.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 11:01:13 +1100
Thanks. Noted and agreed.

Cheers
G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Keegel" <djk&#167;cyber.com.au>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:30 AM
Subject: [DNS] moderator


> George Fong wrote:
> ] Is there a moderator for this list?
>
> There is (I'll let him speak for himself).
>
> But I think a more effective long-term strategy than moderation
> is just to completely ignore idiots (if everyone does it).
>
> If all the subscribers to this list realised that every response
> to an idiot is a golden opportunity for the idiot to have another
> say, and resisted the temptation to say "you're an idiot" or "who
> are you?" and instead refused to respond to empty vessels, then
> perhaps this list would be less full of long threads involving
> idiots.
>
> Everyone is free to have their own definition of idiot.
> Personally mine is something like a person who sends mindless
> and repetitive messages without proposing solutions or giving
> enough details of alleged problems so that people with brains
> can analyse them.
>
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