-=> Lee Lofaso wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 BF>> Keep your paranoia to yourself. As the moderator *I* decide
 BF>> what's allowed here, not you. If you don't like it, vote with
 BF>> your feet.

 DC> Paranoia?  Where'd you get that?  Nothing "paranoid" about my
 DC> statement/request.  That's about all you post here, is negative
 DC> stuff about the US.  Can you say "obsession"?

 DC> Yeah, I know you're the moderator.  You're not doing your job.

 LL> Job?  What job is that?

The *moderator* job.  That wasn't obvious?

 LL> Oh, yeah.  He's the editor of the Fidonews.
 LL> You want to give him something to do.
 LL> Best way to do that is contribute an article.
 LL> Or recipe.  Or puzzle.  Or whatever else
 LL> floats your boat.

Distraction attempt noted.  I'm not talking about him being the 
editor of Fidonews.  I'm talking about him NOT DOING the job of 
moderator.

 LL> As per this echo, the participants make it what it is.
 LL> Not really up to the moderator to decide what anybody should,
 LL> or should not, post.  After all, the participants themselves
 LL> are responsible for their own actions.  Whatever that might
 LL> be.

It is *EXACTLY* up to the moderator to decide what is posted, or 
to be more clear, to inform others when they post off-topic and/or 
unacceptable things.  What other *POSSIBLE* definition of a 
Fidonet moderator could there be?

Instead of attempting to distract/divert, why not address the 
actual problem?  In case you still don't understand the problem, 
it is that this echo is full of garbage posts that don't belong 
here and have *NOTHING* to do with FidoNews.  The fact that the 
"moderator" is one of the worst offenders of the rules makes it 
something which is probably not fixable.



... Ignorance can be cured.  Stupid is forever.
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