Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> kirjoitti: There is one other > yahoo list, probably the next biggest English-based Icelandic list where the > owners and members go on and one about "free speech" and "open topics". The > irony? It is ALSO moderated, and selected posts that don't suit the owner > aren't allowed through. Moderation is one thing, but pretending the list is > open when it's not is the utmost in hypocrisy to me.
Yes, I remember at least one discussion there about moderation and how members disapproved when Janice told she had been moderated and told not to post on the list anymore (even though not everyone of those members liked Janice's posts). But it's funny how different the same people seem on different lists. I've been on the other list for ages and through several changes in ownership (beginning with someone called Christopher if I remember correctly, must be about 10 years ago or more) and when reading only that list I actually thought Janice might be a troll like someone suggested (was it your post telling that she's not a troll but a respected member on another list? That's how I found my way here and also found out that many people from "previous" lists had ended up here :-). When thinking about Janice from the other list I only remember her telling everyone else how wrong we were and posting strange pictures. And that's really only a small part of Janice I see here, none of her positive sides showed there. I think sometimes we come through on these lists in very different way we think we do, because when reading we feel we are part of the group, we (think we) learn to know the other people on the list and that leads us to believe the others know us. And of course they don't. I know my wording and tone is sometimes very negative (unfriendly, know-it-all, argumentative etc.) on various forums and lists I'm on. But how people think about me in general depends if that is my only posting there (or one in just a few) or if they have read more positive posts from me previously. Krisse
