[arin-discuss] REMOVE

[Miguel Betancourt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Bertrand" <steve at ibctech.ca>
To: "Paul Vixie" <paul at vix.com>
Cc: <arin-discuss at arin.net>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] Restricting postings to one per day and three 
per week


>> i still don't like it.  you'd essentially say that
>> anyone who wanted to be able to freely address
>> comments to arin's membership, also had to address
>> those comments to the public.  ppml is a public
>> forum.  i'm talking about an open membership forum,
>> which is what arin-discuss@ currently is.
>
> Either that, or discussions would get extremely fragmented.
>
> If a member felt they *needed* to reply a message and were over their
> quota, they would likely do a reply-all and remove the -discuss list.
>
> This would most likely cause even more confusion and frustration than
> what is present now as nobody would be able to follow an entire thread
> in it's entirety.
>
> I wouldn't even go as far as to say moderation would be better, as then
> you would have a governing body who at it's sole discretion could decide
> whether a member's comment was appropriate or not.
>
> It's up to the members to decide whether another member's opinion is
> valid and appropriate. Everyone is entitled to voice their opinion, and
> limiting and/or blocking someones opinion would (IMHO) detract from the
> purpose of this list entirely.
>
> Steve
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