From: "David E. Smith" <dsmith@prairienet.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 17:33:15 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: A comment on the censorship policy
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970130192408.006879d8@midwest.net>
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At 12:19 AM 1/30/97 -0800, Toto wrote:

>  It is extremely easy to understand. Just read your own words.
>  The key word here is 'accurate' criticisms. This makes them 'flames',
>in Sandy's mind, because the purpose of the 'censorship experiment'
>was to place total control of the list in the hands of a man who
>rarely posts and doesn't seem to participate in the list discussions,
>as well as for the purpose of suppressing any real dissent that may
>arise from list members.

Interesting interpretation.  Mind you, I'm obliged to disagree.

My understanding was that the moderator is supposed to ONLY
filter out ads and utterly-content-free messages.  (Mind you,
I took the smart out and subbed to cp-unedited, so I'm in
no place to judge.)  If the idea was to place control in the
hands of someone who rarely posts, why not give it to me?
There are probably a few hundred of the real addresses on this
list (not the mail-echoers) that have never posted.

>  Also, one of the reasons that the moderation process is so 
>haphazard, is that posts from some individuals are automatically
>routed to the 'flames' list at some times, and viewed/censored
>at other times, so that a few can be posted to the censored 
>list to give some half-hearted illusion of fairness in the
>censorship process. (which remains a bad joke, nonetheless).

Aha, a good point to be brought up: Sandy, are you autofiltering
anyone based on user name, or on certain keywords? Seems to
defeat the purpose of having a _human_ moderator.

dave
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