Moderator Announcement

[Lynne]

The internet.  Privacy, slander, gossip, sex-tapes, all going to have to adjust to the new reality.

You'll never have a supranational law that stops people getting attacked or talked about on-line.  But.....the truth will also get out there as well, sometimes by the day's end.  The speed of response is something that has never existed in human history.

Just like the printing press and universal education fundamentally changed society (look at Arabia to see how), the internet will have an effect as large and change will be permanent.

I don't disagree with what you're saying, it just seemed out of context with a moderator announcement but SD threads always veer off in different directions so... 

[Chestertonian]

The internet.  Privacy, slander, gossip, sex-tapes, all going to have to adjust to the new reality.

You'll never have a supranational law that stops people getting attacked or talked about on-line.  But.....the truth will also get out there as well, sometimes by the day's end.  The speed of response is something that has never existed in human history.

Just like the printing press and universal education fundamentally changed society (look at Arabia to see how), the internet will have an effect as large and change will be permanent.

I don't disagree with what you're saying, it just seemed out of context with a moderator announcement but SD threads always veer off in different directions so... 

that's why we have moderators

[Lynne]

The internet.  Privacy, slander, gossip, sex-tapes, all going to have to adjust to the new reality.

You'll never have a supranational law that stops people getting attacked or talked about on-line.  But.....the truth will also get out there as well, sometimes by the day's end.  The speed of response is something that has never existed in human history.

Just like the printing press and universal education fundamentally changed society (look at Arabia to see how), the internet will have an effect as large and change will be permanent.

I don't disagree with what you're saying, it just seemed out of context with a moderator announcement but SD threads always veer off in different directions so... 

that's why we have moderators

Ah yes, we've come full circle. 

[Penelope]

I am talking about what is objectively proper moderating.

Yes, yes, of course you were.

Certainly. I couldn't have known how you mishandled it until you let on to us here.

People need to look at how the Church had strict rules about what was published, and the great care that went into it to make sure error was not spread. A web forum is not a gathering of people in a parlor who speak there minds and it doesn't go further than the walls. Today, a web forum is like a stage where everyone has a turn to go to the microphone, and its heard across the country. It's worse than a newspaper, where a paper at least is read once and then discarded. Here it is permanent, and digitally indexed for the whole world upon keyword search in Google. A heavy responsibility. Now you can see why I wrote what I did.

I already regret my decision.

I believe I understand exactly what you mean, and I believe I know why you are not giving a reason here for your regret.

So glad we're on the same page, then.


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[Greg]

It was a response to Clarence Creedwater

[Michael Wilson]

Conclavist is his doppelgänger.  The real Pope Michael of Kansas is being held prisoner in a council flat in Elephant and Castle, London and will be released in 2095 aged 130. He will ride a Shetland pony into Rome and everyone will throw their iPhone 157s at his feet and go back to farming the land.

The Great Nephews Thrice Removed of the Marian Resistance, (not that one, the other one). shortened to the acronym GNTRMR(NTOTOO)PX, will then make a "deal" with Pope Michael and will get the Shetland Pony as their bishop.

Then the comet of Chastisement finally turns up.

Where does Greg come up with these? Great stuff!

[martin88nyc]

Conclavist is his doppelgänger.  The real Pope Michael of Kansas is being held prisoner in a council flat in Elephant and Castle, London and will be released in 2095 aged 130. He will ride a Shetland pony into Rome and everyone will throw their iPhone 157s at his feet and go back to farming the land.

The Great Nephews Thrice Removed of the Marian Resistance, (not that one, the other one). shortened to the acronym GNTRMR(NTOTOO)PX, will then make a "deal" with Pope Michael and will get the Shetland Pony as their bishop.

Then the comet of Chastisement finally turns up.

Where does Greg come up with these? Great stuff!

Right? This reads like a satire script for catholic SNL

[Greg]

A third of a century in Tradom.  I've heard it all.

[Clarence Creedwater]

I am talking about what is objectively proper moderating.

Yes, yes, of course you were.

Certainly. I couldn't have known how you mishandled it until you let on to us here.

People need to look at how the Church had strict rules about what was published, and the great care that went into it to make sure error was not spread. A web forum is not a gathering of people in a parlor who speak there minds and it doesn't go further than the walls. Today, a web forum is like a stage where everyone has a turn to go to the microphone, and its heard across the country. It's worse than a newspaper, where a paper at least is read once and then discarded. Here it is permanent, and digitally indexed for the whole world upon keyword search in Google. A heavy responsibility. Now you can see why I wrote what I did.

I already regret my decision.

I believe I understand exactly what you mean, and I believe I know why you are not giving a reason here for your regret.

So glad we're on the same page, then.


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Not necessarily. I said I "believe".

[dymphna17]

I am talking about what is objectively proper moderating.

Yes, yes, of course you were.

Certainly. I couldn't have known how you mishandled it until you let on to us here.

People need to look at how the Church had strict rules about what was published, and the great care that went into it to make sure error was not spread. A web forum is not a gathering of people in a parlor who speak there minds and it doesn't go further than the walls. Today, a web forum is like a stage where everyone has a turn to go to the microphone, and its heard across the country. It's worse than a newspaper, where a paper at least is read once and then discarded. Here it is permanent, and digitally indexed for the whole world upon keyword search in Google. A heavy responsibility. Now you can see why I wrote what I did.
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I already regret my decision.
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I believe I understand exactly what you mean, and I believe I know why you are not giving a reason here for your regret.
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So glad we're on the same page, then.


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Not necessarily. I said I "believe".
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Oh, get on with it already!  Oh, wait Penelope!  He's being coy, "Not necessarily" wink, wink, "I SAID" (how do you know whether I was THINKING what "I SAID" or not) I "believe".  You're turn to lob the phrase!      We need to get some emojis playing bad mittin or tennis.

[Clarence Creedwater]

I am talking about what is objectively proper moderating.

Yes, yes, of course you were.

Certainly. I couldn't have known how you mishandled it until you let on to us here.

People need to look at how the Church had strict rules about what was published, and the great care that went into it to make sure error was not spread. A web forum is not a gathering of people in a parlor who speak there minds and it doesn't go further than the walls. Today, a web forum is like a stage where everyone has a turn to go to the microphone, and its heard across the country. It's worse than a newspaper, where a paper at least is read once and then discarded. Here it is permanent, and digitally indexed for the whole world upon keyword search in Google. A heavy responsibility. Now you can see why I wrote what I did.

I already regret my decision.
[/quote]

I believe I understand exactly what you mean, and I believe I know why you are not giving a reason here for your regret.
[/quote]

So glad we're on the same page, then.


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Not necessarily. I said I "believe".
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Oh, get on with it already!  Oh, wait Penelope!  He's being coy, "Not necessarily" wink, wink, "I SAID" (how do you know whether I was THINKING what "I SAID" or not) I "believe".  You're turn to lob the phrase!      We need to get some emojis playing bad mittin or tennis.
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It doesn't surprise me to see you be confused with seeing believe and know together in the same sentence. Only P is authoritative on what she regrets. I am not willing to publicize what I believe is in her mind. Best to be straightforward and communicate as much as possible without making a game out of it.

[Carleendiane]

Humor and sarcasm goes right over the head of those who do not employ it.