Re: [ga] Austerity measures

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

On 2001-05-15 10:30:35 +0200, Philip Sheppard wrote:

>Thomas, thanks for the link to the archives. Doesn't this 
>highlight the issue? There is vast duplication.

The duplication is by design: Those who subscribe to ga-full get ALL 
messages which are ever sent to ga.  Those who subscribe to ga only 
get those messages which pass the filters.

>What is being gained here? At best ga members receive each message 
>twice. Isn't this list the result of a supposed problem that has 
>not happened?

I think that ga-full is important, even though it has just 17 
subscribers (according to majordomo): It adds a lot of transparency 
to the moderation (or filtering, or censoring - you can call this 
whatever you want) process on ga.  In particular, everyone can 
compare the archives of the two lists, and thus monitor the kind of 
moderation (filtering, ...) of the ga list.

This kind of transparency helps to protect the list chairs and 
monitors from allegations of hidden agendas or censorship of valid 
messages.  It also protects the list from discussions and flame wars 
which would inevitably be the consequence of such allegations.

Put in simpler words, ga-full solves the "who monitors the monitors" 
problem by making their work public.

Removing the ga-full list would most likely have unpleasant 
side-effects on the filtered ga list, and make it even less usable 
than it is now.

Don't do it.

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Thomas Roessler                        http://log.does-not-exist.org/
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