On Wed Feb 01 2017 14:20:18 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time), toki
<[email protected]> wrote:
> The theory, supported by  research, is that active moderator
> participation, results in a reduction in participation by list members,
> with the highest impact being amongst the low-frequency posters.

Link(s) please?

Regardless, you do know that using identities, it would be entirely
achievable for a moderator to interact on the list and 99% of the list
participants wouldn;t know they were the same person.

> Well, no.

Well, yes.

> What happens when the moderator is an active participant on
> the list, is that their messages tend to be seen as "authoritative" by
> people who can browse list messages.

Only if they are posting as the moderator. If they post as a simple
participant, then most won't even know they are a moderator.

> One side effect, is that questioning information provided by the list
> moderator becomes difficult/awkward.

Not at all, as long as they are civil, and the moderator can hold their
god complex in check.

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