Yes, I was a member of the SL4 list in its glory days ... and as I recall the sniping had its plusses and minuses.
It did cut off some useless and irrelevant threads, which was good. On the other hand, I felt it was often used in an overenthusiastic and nonoptimally-biased way, which sometimes squelched views dissenting from those of the list owner and his close collaborators. I note that I was never or almost never sniped on that list, so my opinion here is not a matter of personal resentment... There were some really great SL4 threads back in the day, among all the noise, but that really wasn't due to the sniping, it was more a matter of who was active on the list at that particular time, and where they were in their relevant processes of idea-development... Anyway I don't condemn the sniping approach but it's not really my vision of the AGI list. On the OpenCog list I am following more of a sniping-type approach, in that I'm sniping threads that are not directly relevant to the details of OpenCog-based AGI development. But that list is intended to be more focused, whereas this one is intended to be more inclusive. -- Ben On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 2:32 PM, David Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I have read the SL4 list for at least 7 years and the "snipper based" > moderation has more to do with who you are, rather than what you post. > > If you are not one of the "choosen", then almost anything you say can and > will be used to justify it not being an SL4 level topic. (The list has been > quite slow for quite a while now and the snipers have been snoozing for > just > as long so I am referring to when the SL4 list had 50 plus emails a day) > > I would rather delete the posts I don't find interesting than be snipped, > as > many posts used to be on SL4. > > -- David Clark > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: August-03-08 11:25 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [agi] META: do we need a stronger "politeness code" on > > this list? > > > > I think the "sniper based" moderation policy for SL4 works pretty well > > and might be appropriate for this list. http://www.sl4.org/intro.html > > > > -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > agi > > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > > Modify Your Subscription: > > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > > f491a0 > > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome " - Dr Samuel Johnson ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=108809214-a0d121 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
