Even a moderated forum can fall to rot.....
 

boatered doesn't appear on my server!

Capt F.

Gould 0738 wrote:

Lurked through the boatered site a few minutes ago.

Some of the threads there are not that much different than here. Some guy put
up a question about licensing boaters, and there are no end of conservative
posts
slamming CT. and other states for being "under Clinton's big-government
influence" etc.

Less Hall, the moderator, chimed in to scold the poster suggesting that a
minimum education standard might be a good thing with a smart-ass remark along
the general line of, "with all the good stuff you have posted here, why would
you post this liberal rant?"

All the folks clamoring for a moderated group- go take a look see. All you wind
up with is a group that generally reflects the politics and prejudices of the
moderator.

Even a moderated forum can fall to rot.....
 

On 10 Nov 2003 05:28:34 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

Lurked through the boatered site a few minutes ago.

Some of the threads there are not that much different than here. Some guy put
up a question about licensing boaters, and there are no end of conservative
posts
slamming CT. and other states for being "under Clinton's big-government
influence" etc.

Less Hall, the moderator, chimed in to scold the poster suggesting that a
minimum education standard might be a good thing with a smart-ass remark along
the general line of, "with all the good stuff you have posted here, why would
you post this liberal rant?"

All the folks clamoring for a moderated group- go take a look see. All you wind
up with is a group that generally reflects the politics and prejudices of the
moderator.


Chuck- I haven't heard ONE person advocate a "moderated" group. What
I have expressed, and some others have agreed to, is some "control",
whether it is self-control, or FAQ, is up for grabs.

Do you object to self-control?
Regards,
noah

To email me, remove the "OT-" from wrecked.ot-boats.noah.
....as you were. :o)

Even a moderated forum can fall to rot.....
 

Chuck- I haven't heard ONE person advocate a "moderated" group. What
I have expressed, and some others have agreed to, is some "control",
whether it is self-control, or FAQ, is up for grabs.

Do you object to self-control?

Of course not.

IMO, there are a few things that could be done to improve the tone of the NG.

First, some of our posters who are particularly passionate about liberal and
conservative philosophies might consider reducing the number of OT threads they
crank out. Particularly when they aren't offering any real opinion beyond
"liberals (or conservatives) suck and this news story demonstrates just how
badly....."
(18 paragraph news clip follows)
We can all read the news. What we can't get from AP, FAux News, or whatever is
the way other people think and feel about the issues.

Second, we should all realize that the signal to noise ratio of the group as a
whole is the aggregate of s/n behavior of individual posters. If we have
prolific posters who almost *never* contribute to on-topic discussions (and I
can think of a few), that really reduces the statistical boating content
accordingly.

Finally, there should be some self control in the way we express ourselves. He
who resorts to flaming and name calling is *losing* the debate, 99% of the
time.
We have some pretty consistent losers here, and that's too bad.