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Re: Porthole alternative
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:46:48 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Frank Filz writes:
> Kyle Beatty wrote:
> > Your points are well-taken, but even as someone who hasn't had opportunity
> > to be corrected, I get the distinct feeling that the playground isn't really
> > all that open or fun. It doesn't take very many well-intentioned shots
> > across too many practically-innocent bows to keep _all_ the ships out of the
> > harbor. I have absolutely no animus toward anyone on these boards (quite the
> > opposite) but being in a conversation like this has to make me wonder
> > whether something hasn't gone awry.
> >
> > Characterizing unhappy responses to correction as being inherently
> > anti-Lugnet is dangerous. (By the way, every time I use this expression,
> > "correction," the hair on the back of my neck stands up. It really creeps me
> > out in a deeply Orwellian way.)
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> I certainly agree that there seems to be a lot more "correction" and
> related noise. I think there are a few problems here.
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> - The Lugnet admins have not had a lot of time recently to do the
> administrative stuff they used to do.
Do you think that if “the admins” were still playing the role they used to
here they would be stepping in and “correcting” quite as much? I worry about
the *potential* for Todd’s apparent inactively to be used as an excuse to
throw a little weight around. Perhaps I'm worrying about nothing?
We have to live with the fact that policing is here to stay. It should be
done with respect, and it should be remembered that respect is a two way street.
Scott A
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| (...) <snip> (...) If the admins were correcting as often as the "community" has been of late, I think it would be in such a way as to avoid the noise of our current method. I don't mind the community action. What I *do* mind is the fallout created (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I certainly agree that there seems to be a lot more "correction" and related noise. I think there are a few problems here. - The Lugnet admins have not had a lot of time recently to do the administrative stuff they used to do. This has (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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