Scott Adams wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:


 TL> In some cases it's simply the loudest rules....that's what I see
 TL> happening in a lot of Fidonet echoes...the most obnoxious posters
 TL> rule. 

 SA>         Not all echos are like that and minority could become a
 SA> majority         by gathering up a force ...if they wanted to..


Right...and in some echoes the moderator is one of the noises makers...so
you can forget having moderation keeping the echo in control.

cya,
thom
http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/ 
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