Re: END the MODERATION

All this endless talk of moderation when everyone else appears to be
preoccupied with emergencies. MS.

Elson Boles wrote:

> END THE MODERATION, RETURN TO NO MODERATION!
>
> I don't at all like the way WSN runs as a moderated list.  I much prefer
> how it worked when it wasn't moderated.  I find both the effort to
> moderate and the delay of postings that result even when the messages
> are not being screened, to be *very* irritating.  Timelyness is
> sometimes key in a discussion or debate about unfolding issues.  The
> delay hampers and limits its progress.
>
> This message, for example, won't show up for one or more days after I
> send it, as with my last post which I sent yesterday (t the same time
> I'm sending this -- ut 2 PM), and it STILL isn't up on the list.
>
> Nor do I share Steve's views that we shouldn't post our views to the
> entire list on this subject, and that people tend to request to
> "unsubscribe" when postings get heavy.  The former request defeats one
> of the essential purposes of having a listserve: to share our views,
> including that of how the list does and ought to function.  The latter
> may be his experience, but mine has been that people tend to start
> posting "unsubscribe" notices when flames occurr or when people post
> somewhat irrelevant comments (or many irrelevant postings).
>
> Elson
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wsn-owner@csf.colorado.edu
> > [mailto:wsn-owner@csf.colorado.edu] On Behalf Of Threehegemons@aol.com
> > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 7:42 AM
> > To: bstremli@binghamton.edu; wsn@csf.colorado.edu
> > Subject: Re: wsn delayed access
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 1/24/2003 12:39:47 AM Eastern Standard
> > Time, bstremli@binghamton.edu writes:
> >
> > > With all due respect - why would someone want to subscribe
> > > to a list from
> > > which they want to see fewer postings?
> >
> > Most e-mail lists struggle with the issue of balancing
> > people's desire to post with the desire of list recipients to
> > not have their mail boxes cluttered.  Very few people who
> > subscribe to wsn frequently post to it.  They may want
> > conference announcements, job listings, book announcements,
> > etc.    Whenever posting starts to get particularly heavy,
> > the list is always bombarded with 'unsubscribe' messages.
> >
> > In that spirit, I'd like to ask people who've already
> > contributed to the debate about whether to have moderation to
> > not direct their comments to the entire list.
> >
> > Steven Sherman
> >