> We will try to operate this list without moderation, as we >feel moderation is an impediment to communication.
I feel like everyone wants to hate moderation but it's one of those things, that when used correctly, make a community good.
I'm on several mailing lists that have grown significantly over 3-7 years. I, along with most other founding members, left lists that didn't have any moderation as they inevitably grew into a community similar to what's described in this announcement.
But the mailing lists/forums that had moderate moderation, removing furry porn for example, have continued to grow and continue their initial cause. Good moderation is not censorship, I would even say that people disrupting the core purpose of a community censor more than a good moderator by burying worthwhile content below shit posts.
I feel like everyone wants to hate moderation but it's one of those things, that when used correctly, make a community good.
I'm on several mailing lists that have grown significantly over 3-7 years. I, along with most other founding members, left lists that didn't have any moderation as they inevitably grew into a community similar to what's described in this announcement.
But the mailing lists/forums that had moderate moderation, removing furry porn for example, have continued to grow and continue their initial cause. Good moderation is not censorship, I would even say that people disrupting the core purpose of a community censor more than a good moderator by burying worthwhile content below shit posts.