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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.
Well, I'm pretty sure LUGNET isn't draconian; at least, I'm fairly certain that
admins aren't running around lopping lugnetter fingers off for violating the
ToS.
However, I'd definitely describe the system (as put forth by Lar in his email to
the original poster) as Orwellian. (Note that while I find the posting of the
contents of Lar's email abhorrent, I was intrigued enough about the topic to
read what he had to say...trust me, I know I constantly fail to live up to the
standards I set for myself.)
It's Orwellian for the simple fact that while perhaps technically not a censor
(and despite protests from Oceania, er, the admins declaring it not to be) the
system produces results that are the same as censoring.
Now, I don't have a problem with admins moderating posts. And I suspect most
other people don't either, which is why there isn't a great hue and cry from the
other AFOL-related sites that you cite; people know going into it that the
forums are moderated.
I think the whole issue here at LUGNET simply boils down to a small number of
people who feel the need to push any limits (and buttons) they possibly can, as
well as a group of people who are just too dumb to know any better. However, I
refuse to speculate as to the exact number and identities of people in each of
the above groups.
Derek
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| (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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