This is in response to Message: 11, dated Wed, 29 Oct 2008, from: Mervyn Lobo under Subject titled as above.
My response: Mervyn's reply is too apt Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad Marvyn's message: Bosco, Goanet? should be a mine relating to all things Goan. We have 10,000 readers?but only 50 writers. Goanet is?no where near?its potential. Here is the reason why. People have, over the years, built?reputations in the academic, professional and cultural fields. When these people?read Goanet, one thing becomes very obvious. Every time a new idea or contention is introduced, someone will post a reply attacking the person instead of contesting his ideas.?This happens repeatedly. The?people who?simply do not have the time to?reply to personal attacks will not post here. We are losing a lot of the?community wealth because of this. I have no problems pointing out personal attacks. I have no problems getting ten people to write to the Goanet Administration pointing out?each personal attacks.? The real value of moderation is when readers are assured?that blatant personal attacks are caught before they get posted here. Mervyn3.0 PS. Try enforcing strict moderation for a month and?I can assure you that the quality of posts will improve.
