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Moderate the Moderator
Would everybody else on this list please join me in asking Louis, our
moderator, to take a few deep breaths, go stand in the corner, steel
himself for a scolding, calm down, and put David Walters back on this list?
Earlier this month Louis became enraged at David for no good reason, and
also for no reason related to MarxMail. After telling David to get fucked
several times, he kicked him off the list.
This happened in a series of emails about Left Trainspotting from 5:55 AM
EDT to 11:51 AM EDT on Tuesday September 3. Louis began politely,
“David, yesterday I posted a link to a documentary about Rittenberg that
has not shown up yet even though another post about him has. I don't
understand why you don't change the moderation rules so that anybody who
has ever had a post approved, like me, gets automatic approval henceforth.
We actually had a chat about this once.”
David replied politely,
“Louis, first, I was able to unmoderate you. Wasn't sure I could. Second,
no, the default is to be moderated for all new members. The protocol I
established is that people become unmoderated after a period of time of not
posting BS. People like John Holmes, a friend of mine though unfortunately
a Spart sycophant can post numerous times and then do a spate of
non-spotting Spart propaganda. He's on permanent moderation. As I'm always
on line within 10 hours or so of a moderated post, I can usually ok it
quickly. Anyway, you are unmoderated now. Keep it spotterly...”
Then Louis wrote,
“Go fuck yourself.”
And,
“You have some fucking nerve telling me to be "spotterly". I have posted
maybe 3 or 4 times since I subbed to a list that I have little interest in
to begin with, and mostly because someone told me that I was being
discussed there. There has not been the slightest hint in the 3 posts or so
I made that were not "spotterly".
“Anyhow, you got my dander up and will pay for it. Unlike the gossipy
trainspotter's list, Marxmail has real value. You will regret being rude to
me.”
Then Louis unsubbed David.
The thing is this list is still a valuable asset for Marxists, and not just
Louis’ personal property. Louis needs to decide which is more important to
him, his pride in his personal property, or the service he has rendered the
rest of us and the world.
Come on Louis, get off your high horse.
Comradely, Anthony
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