While I'm more than happy to shake my fist at the forces of oppressive
censorship, Sharrieff, I don't know that it's fair to accuse Kyle of
doing that before there's any evidence that he's actually doing that.

- Mike V.

On 7/28/07, S. Sharrieff Ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> While Ross created the Culture listserv, he did not unsubscribe from the
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> I think your reasons for creating a randomly-moderated listsev sound like
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> -----Original Message-----
>  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kyle Cassidy
>  Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:02 AM
>  To: UnivCity listserv
>  Subject: [UC] I've Created a New (Moderated) University City Mailing List
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> I was hoping to have a few weeks to run tests, but it seems things have
> boiled over here.
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>  The UnivCity listserve has, for me, become less than useless over the past
> six months. I find it valuable for neighbors to be able to share stories of
> what's going on in the hood, to plan meetups, and to help one another out
> which used to happen here when I first signed up. Lately, all I've seen here
> are vituperative rants and conspiracy theories from the same five people
> which then inspire the same five other people to fight back which just makes
> a lot of noise that nobody but those ten people are reading. And in this
> multi-dozen-message bag of bile we are left to pick out the five useful
> posts about crime trends in the area and the obituary of a neighborhood
> friend.
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>  So, rather than try and reform a football game that's not mine, I've
> created an entirely new one that's been running in test mode for a few days
> with a handful of volunteers. You can sign up for it here:
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>   http://lists.asc.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ucneighbors
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>  The list is lightly moderated which means, hopefully, significantly less
> ranting and cranky behavior.
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>  I'm going to unsubscribe from univcity and hope to see some of you on the
> other side where I hope to be able to provide a less antagonistic atmosphere
> for neighborhood communication.
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>  kc
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