Re: AUTO-MODERATION: Four (Desperate) Days of SCIT!
Jagdish Bisa (bisa@tiac.net)
Mon, 23 Feb 1998 09:47:46 +0000
Sri Sreenivas Paruchuri gAru said:
> > The above URL named "Four (Desperate) Days of SCIT", captures the
> > breath taking drama that took place in SCIT almost two years back,
> > during which an RFD for moderating SCIT has been drafted. Solid 49
> > messages in just 4 days on a single thread!
>
> Just FYKI, the entire discussion runs over 500 messages and ~1.5MegaBytes.
> Those 49 messages IMHO don't exactly capture the entire discussion.
You're right, sreenivas gAru. But the URL in question captures just those
Four Days of drama, where a single poster (guess who!) went nuts about the
whole deal in sheer desperation. Why should we care what followed it, good or
bad, especially?
I think the way a "reader" gets manipulated while reading them articles,
placing himself/herself right behind the eyes of different posters successively
and exposed to varying points of view in a rapid succession, the sheer thrill
of being thrown right into the middle of those charged moments, it self
constitutes a great deal of individual importance to those four days. This
may mean an utterly meaningless exercise for some of us, of course! But that
doesn't mean the exercise itself is devoid of any meaning. Especially for
those who wants to communicate.
Capturing the entire discussion wasn't the idea behind that URL. 'Cause it
strikes as a desire to "conclude" the discussion with a key note. Instead, the
URL in question is meant to "stimulate" future discussions on this topic.
> > -Jagdish ( Those were the days! ) Bisa
>
> BTW, I can't help wondering at the above post, coming from "you" (Mr. Bisa),
> who tried his best to oppose that move in his unimitable way and may I also
> say, with intimidating tactics!
-Jagdish ( But again, my "tactics" are sincere. Aren't they? ) Bisa