NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/sci/physics/18995

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From: [e-mail] (Bronis Vidugiris)
Subject: Re: moderated sci.physics
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:12:16 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jack Sarfatti) writes:
)
)What does moderated actually mean? Is it not a euphemism for censorship?
)I agree that this whatever you call it is filled with noise but that is
)the price for freedom of expression - and no one is forced to read what
)they do not want. It is easy to skip over it. I have not read one thing
)by or about Abian, for example. Also the bit cost is trivial as some
)one has already pointed out.
)
)The danger is that the moderator's bias could cause him or her to
)perceive an "unorthodox" view as "crackpot"

...

)fight it here! This is a new medium with new rules and new opportunities
)to connect scientist all over the world - it is not meant to be the stodgy
)pages of a peer-reviewed journal. Let the battle of ideas proceed - don't
)impose your ideas of "orthodox" on others. Let there be new wine for new
)bottles - keep the vinegar of "moderation" and "orthodoxy" in the old
)bottles of paper journals. This is a new medium of communication. Keep
)it free! FREEDOM!

Actually, I would *not* want to see sci.physics disappear if a new moderated
group were created.  However, I have no objection to the creation of an
aditional moderated group in parallel.  I suspect the probability of finding
a moderator (esp. a qualified moderator) is very low (perhaps negligible
:-)), however.