On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 09:09:20AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: >"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amaca...@einval.com> writes: > >... >> * It shouldn't need twenty people to make a point or start arguments and >> counter arguments. If someone has already written what you would have >> wanted >> to write, that's fine: in many cases you can safely leave it there. >> The list is moderated: the volunteers moderating the list and everyone >> reading the list will appreciate you for not providing more to read >> through. > >I'm a little concerned that this mention of moderation could give the >impression that we're filtering messages based on tone or content. > >Unless I've misunderstood completely, we do not judge the content of the >messages, except that we filter out very obviously abusive trolling that >the list was suffering prior to moderation, and obviously drop >SPAM/Phishing/etc. if we see it.
Agreed, that's exactly the policy. It just takes more time to check more messages, and I think that's all that Andy was suggesting. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "When C++ is your hammer, everything looks like a thumb." -- Steven M. Haflich
