Saibal, I agree.
In my opinion, this list is not in particular need of moderation. I don't always have time to read all the long posts, but when I do have time, I usually enjoy them. This list does not seem to me to have a serious problem with spam, off-topic discussions, or discussions of low intellectual quality. There is a lot of speculative, non-rigorous opinion-giving, but, that is the nature of the list. It is not an announcements list, nor a list for collaborative work among a group of closely-collaborating colleagues; it is a list for general discussion among a fairly heterogeneous group, on a fairly generally-defined topic. I think it serves its purpose well as is. -- Ben Goertzel > -----Original Message----- > From: Saibal Mitra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 5:48 PM > To: Hal Finney; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: A moderated everything-list substitute (was: Re: Provably > exponential time algorithms) > > > Hal Finney wrote: > > > Maybe you could look at the list archive at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/everything-list%40eskimo.com/maillist.html > > and say which posts from, say, December 30th and 31st you would reject. > > (Or, if the list would be shorter, you could say which posts in that > > period you would keep!) > > Actually, one doesn't have to dig very deep in the archive. This > very thread > is an example of an off topic irrelevant discussion. Irrelevant, because > there are so few other postings that should not have appeared on > this list. > > Saibal > >
