On Sat December 10 2005 17:07, Roger Markus wrote: > There is a solution to the recent problem of the list having gone off the > tracks. There should be a moderator, with all incoming mail read by this > moderator and either passed, held or deleted. Offensive language, > name-calling, and most importantly, Microsoft propaganda should be deleted. > The Microsoft trolls will cry "censorship", but it's not - it's filtering. > Filter out the Microsoft disinformation and the list can take on meaning > once again. This will result in a delay of up to 24 hours for some > messages, but it's a small price to pay to rid us of Microsoft PR-spin on > the list. As it stands, the list is regularly hijacked by MS trolls. The > slightest criticism of illegal Microsoft or support for Open Source > competitors to Microsoft send the attack dogs into a frenzy. Let's put up > a fence and keep them out! Remember, we're not dealing with friendly or > legal people here! Possibly the biggest single threat to Microsoft's > monopoly is OpenOffice - given their track record, do you honestly think > they would ignore this list?
Nice idea, but are you willing to be the moderator and to give the appropriate amount of time each day ( at least 1 hour) to do this ? -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
