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Subject: 
Re: Bye, bye LUGNET
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lugnet.general
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date: 
Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:43:46 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
> What continually amazes me is how Lugnet has people accusing it of being
> 'Orwellian', 'draconian' and the like.  Yet on Classic-Castle, 1000Steine.de,
> CSF and other places - if you curse, you don't necessarily get an email, you
> don't necessarily get a warning - you post is editted by an admin directly,
> whether you like it or not.  Lugnet has always given the choice to you.

Perhaps some folks would rather be explicitely controlled than to be scolded. I
think it is partially a psychological expression. One the one hand "we don't put
up with this here and we do whatever is necessary *immediately* to modify
incorrect behaviour" vs "we point it out to you, twist your arm a bit, and try
to get you to see the light and do it our way". I have no opinion about which is
better or worse, just that some folks will react more positively to one and some
to the other approach. It may be a D'ed if you do and D'ed if you don't kind of
situation.

> I'm frustrated, because if Lugnet changes policy, it won't be to one where
> anyone can post whatever they want.  That has failed, feel free to browse any of
> the various flame wars from the past year to see why we think so.  If policy
> changes, it will be towards forced editting of posts, forced deletion of posts -
> to a system just like those in place at Eurobricks, FBTB, Classic-Castle,
> 1000steine, Classic-Space Forums, etc etc etc.

If you end up doing that, please provide a back link to a copy of the original
unmodified post. My thought here is that it would provide a modicum of
free-speech while allowing the more visible post to conform to the standards-of
decency that are being dissiminated by the admins.

Ray



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Bye, bye LUGNET
 
(...) I'd prefer to (...) This is exactly why Lugnet has not published a list of no-no words. But really, is there anyone here who doesn't know that f**k is a bad word? I think the only two words that would get you an email from an admin are f**k (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)

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