Re: <nettime> apropos of nothing

[tbyfield <tbyfield@panix.com>]

I'd like to go back to lurking, but a few replies below. Mainly, this: 
Bard occupied too much space, so I hope we de-occupy it with more 
forward- or outward-looking things. Nettime does best when mods are seen 
and not heard.

On 6 Nov 2018, at 15:22, Nina Temporär wrote:

> A Nazi gets granted that status only after a long week and many hate 
> mails with many crossed lines, but I was already
> On moderated status….for what exactly?
>
> For softly criticising Felix a few months ago, funny enough, on a 
> related topic, when he totally out of the blue used the Defence of a 
> women as a line of argumentation against someone else?

Nina, you aren't on moderated status. Several messages were delayed, as 
I said, for some technical reason, mostly because of some difference 
between the subscribed address and the sender. I didn't take notes, so 
I'm not sure what the issue was in the case of your mail — but it 
wasn't delayed deliberately in any way.

On 6 Nov 2018, at 15:32, Menno Grootveld wrote:

> Although I certainly do not share all of Alexander's notions and 
> ideas, and although I do not discount the possibility that he actually 
> is one of these 'trolls', I don't support banning him from nettime 
> permanently. I have to admit that I am a bit shocked by the eagerness 
> with which some people seem to be wanting to 'shut him up,' as I do 
> not consider this a productive way of having a discussion. The problem 
> remains of course that a lot of people feel offended by his posts and 
> that the discussion I am referring to has gotten out of hand recently, 
> so the best solution would probably be to put him temporarily on 
> 'moderation watch'.

Menno, I set Bard to mod status rather than kicking him off the list. If 
we call it temporary, we'd need to set up some kind of criteria for 
switching it back. If Bard wants to initiate a private discussion about 
that, he can do so of course, but I don't think it's the best focus for 
the list right now. If he sends any messages, we'll review them at some 
point — but since his destructive style thrives on speed, we'll do it 
on our own time.

Cheers,
Ted
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