Re: The decay of sci.physics.research

From: Michael Varney (varney_at_colorado_no_spam.edu)
Date: 06/09/04


Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 15:02:07 -0600


<puppet_sock@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c7976c46.0406090932.24069435@posting.google.com...
> "Dirk Van de moortel" <dirkvandemoortel@ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com> wrote
in message news:<Zulxc.148685$uV1.7605279@phobos.telenet-ops.be>...
> > "greywolf42" <mingstb@marssim-ss.com> wrote in message
news:10caf72p0tgi8f7@corp.supernews.com...
> [snippy]
> > > If these individuals wish to refute claims, then they should do so in
the
> > > same manner as any other poster.
> >
> > You mean like a troll in its corner?
> >
http://users.pandora.be/vdmoortel/dirk/Physics/Fumbles/TrollCorner.html
> > Imbecile.
>
> Actually, Dirk, imbecile though he may be, Greyboy does have a
> point. The mods of s.p.research insist on replying to posts in
> moderator notes.

The current moderators have pushed that pretty far. They are not as bad as
those in the new strings group.

> A mod note ought to be restricted to things
> related to the rules and regulations of the news group, that is,
> it ought to be something to do with moderation. Something like
> "excessive quoting snipped" or such. It should not be regular
> content, answers to questions, etc. Such material should go in
> regular posts through the regular mechanism. Putting it in mod
> notes puts one in the non-enviable position of having to respond
> to one's own posts.
>
> I have requested in s.p.research that they not do that.
> I was responding to a mod note that had physics content in it.
> The request was removed from the post, as was the mod note I
> was responding to, with the result that it looked like I was
> responding to air.
> Socks



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