Posted by SLS on September 15, 2006, at 12:04:08
In reply to Re: objections, posted by alexandra_k on September 15, 2006, at 10:41:54
> when the requests are made via email then people can't even decide to follow as the choice is completely out of their hands.
This is true. There is a lack of transparency to administration when it is performed using the email format.> i used to think of admin as a process group.
What is a process group?
> not for those kinds of issues,
Which issues?
> but i guess that more generally i used to think of admin as a process group.
Was it more fun back in the old days?
> but i guess times are changing...Yes, they changed quite awhile ago. Expression of thoughts and feelings here have become quite constrictive in my exprerience. However, the restrictions of speech, or more positively, the construction of speech, has yielded a more civil (polite and organized) discourse than what had existed previous to the development of civility guidelines and enforcement regulations. I won't debate the advantages and disadvantages of this system, but it works to provide an environment where, in my opinion, the exchange of ideas related to the themes of the boards established has been productive, constructive, positive in spirit, and of benefit to the participants. To the extent to which these interactions have developed over time within an eveloving set of guidelines is a process of sorts. That the regulations are not determined by the majority of participants may not be. Despite this occasionally annoying lack of democracy, here we are, a functional community displaying a moderate and stable amount of activity. We did lose a few customers, unfortunately
- Scott
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