On Wednesday 23 August 2006 22:39, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wednesday 23 August 2006 18:13, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I never even knew there were moderators until one showed up a few > > months ago (or sometime within the past 6 months or so) and started > > censoring posts that were critical of moderators. Other than that > > one incident, I thought this was a case of that which governs the > > least governs the best. > > When did this happen? I've been critical of moderators before, and > have yet to ever have a post dropped going to any list on murphy¹ > that I'm subscribed to.
I don't remember the full situation. I remember that there were complaints that focused directly on the Debian organization and someone was censoring them, then he said he was holding posts on that thread for 24 hours to let people cool down. I remember I posted something to the effect that the very fact that he, as a moderator, was censoring was an action that defined his own self and it reflected poorly on him. The fact that he did censor that thread, that included opinions about him, was an act that said he could not take criticism. I don't know if it was that post, but it was not long after that the delays stopped. The whole thing (the censoring and delay) was so idiotic that, in my eyes, it was just proving that there was a pissant in power who thought he mattered but proved by his own actions that he was more self important than important. He stopped the delays and I didn't see him say anything stupid for a good while, and forgot it. In other words, the guy was not worth remembering. If you want to find it, search for my name and find a thread that should be within the past 6 months, but might be as long ago as last summer (in the Northern Hemisphere!) where I have a lot of posts and where it goes off topic. I think I've only gotten into 2-3 OT threads in the past year or two. Hal
