[HPforGrownups] Goddess, I Love Rumors... (WAS: Re: interview)

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 20063

Joe Earles said:

>> couldn't you either keep your
>> opinions to yourself
> 
> Couldn't Susan?

As I've alread stated, she did not use intolerant or abusive language. You
did. 

>> or contact one of the moderators if you feel a
>> particular post is out of line?
>> 
>> Catherine
> 
> What difference would it make? Clearly the poster-in-question has been given
> free reign to say whatever she wants so whining to a moderator wouldn't seem
> to be all that productive.  Besides, I grew out of my tattling stage about
> the same time I graduated from diapers to underwear and quit sucking my
> thumb.  That was longer ago than I like to think about.....

Calling it "tattling" really *is* childish. Without people to let us know
what they think of issues, our job as Moderators would be much less fun than
it is. That's why we've taken actions like moving off-topic threads to a new
list. (This thread, though off-topic, is staying here as it's explaining
Moderator action which purports to the entire HPFGU family of lists.) We've
also implemented new ways of sorting messages, using headings (FF/SHIP/NEWS)
so that folks can skim through messages.

Susan has in no way been given "free reign". The Moderator Team monitors the
posts of everyone on the list, no matter how long they've been here. In
fact, she is at a slight disadvantage to you because, until you posted using
intolerant and abusive language, we had no idea where you stood on any
issue. Susan is so (in)famous that one of the Moderators even wrote a poem
about how she didn't follow the message-clipping guideline.

For us to take you seriously, Joe, you really shouldn't jump to assumptions
like that.

Cordially,

--John

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