While discussing the new teaching listserve (PSYCHTEACHER), Stephen
Black objected to the board of moderators who review each message
submitted:
> some prefer to make their own decisions concerning
> what they choose to read, and mistrust any attempt to substitute
> someone else's judgement for their own. Also, my guess is that limits
> on acceptable topics will be enforced strongly on the new list,
> as there's no point in having editors who don't edit.
I, too, object to this feature. I believe that people will feel very
inhibited about posting to the new list, especially given the fact that
the "thought police" are named at the end of each and every message
posted: one can't help but feel "oppressed" by this reminder that the
posts are being monitored for relevance, length, language, and who knows
what subjective factors. I know that I have not felt like subjecting my
thoughts to this sort of review. But then, again, perhaps this shows
that they have achieved their goal: they may be trying to keep people
like me from posting.
> The result is likely to be that some of the discussions I've
> particularly enjoyed on TIPS would be considered unacceptable on the
> new list. Instead, the content of PsychTeacher posts are likely to be
> uniformly on-topic and serious.
>
> And dull, I'll bet.
This was my thought, as well. I can get just as frustrated as the next
person with regard to the often irrelevant posts to TIPS; but I have
never unsubscribed, so I guess I feel that there still are more benefits
than not on TIPS. We'll have to see if the new list is successful, and
if it is able to overcome what, for me, has been an inauspicious
beginning.
> Think this one would have made it through the editorial board at the
other place?
How about this post? OK, let's up the ante, then: I'm typing this in my
underwear! And they're dirty!! (Any relevance police present to edit
that one out?)
Jeff
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Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626
"The truth is rare and never simple."
Oscar Wilde
"Instead of having 'answers' on a test, they should just call
them 'impressions'. And, if you got a different 'impression',
so what? Can't we all be brothers?"
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