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Skriven 2006-09-20 10:04:51 av Jeff Smith (1:14/0)
  Kommentar till text 39270 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: terrorism
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Hello Ward.

20 Sep 06 09:56, you wrote to me:

 WD> Jeff,

 >> When was the last time he acted as the moderator here in this
 >> echo? If he IS the moderator then why doesn't he moderate? An
 >> automated posting of some rules doesn't a moderator make. More like
 >> a zookeeper if ya ask me.

 WD> It all has to do with one's concept of what a moderator should be
 WD> and/or do.


     Ideally I would think that the better the moderator is the less she/he
should have to do. In this case though Björn is really a moderator in name
only as I haven't seen him moderate anyone about anything. There may be
issues and good reasons why he is unable to actually act as moderator. And
I don't mean to suggest that he is incapable of performing the task. For
whatever reason he has shown that he is either unable or unwilling to
perform the duties as moderator.


 WD> The way I read it is that quite a number of people want some policing,
 WD> not moderating. And quite Frankly, it isn't that bad here at all.


     Then why do you put this echo down so negatively elsewhere? A number
of people don't want a moderator here because then they can act as they
wish to. And flame to their hearts content. I think we shoud want something
better then that.


 WD> Flamings are often what keeps Fidonet together because the actual
 WD> spirit of togetherness and helping eachother from ye olde days is long
 WD> gone anyway. While in ye olde days it was a factor 10, or more, worse
 WD> in this echo.

     I think we can and should do better than to resort to saying that
Flaming isn't so bad. After all it is what keeps us together. If that
is all we expect then that is all we will get. I say let's try for
something better.


 WD> I'm pretty convinced that if Björn Felten would not be in the chair
 WD> but someone from zone-1 with exactly the same attitude and approach,
 WD> the issue would not be raised by a number of individuals.


     If Björn would actually moderate fairly when nessesary I would not
have a problem with him as moderator. If Björn were not the moderator it
shouldn't matter what zone the moderator is from.


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Jeff

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