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echo: babylon5
to: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
from: Jan
date: 2012-11-14 16:38:36
subject: Re: Electronic versions of B5 books

On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:01:25 PM UTC-5, StarFuryG7 wrote:
> On Nov 14, 4:29=A0pm, Jan  wrote:
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> Yes, amid all of her derision and sarcasm, I'm sure she "meant it" --
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> Not.
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The ONLY slightly snarky bit of her entire lengthy post was the last four w=
ords of the last paragraph.  And incredibly mild snark at that.  If it were=
 me, I'd have called a spade a spade and called you a raving paranoiac.  Bu=
t that's just me.


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> Call it what you will, but what I found interesting about it was that
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> she acknowledged a specific post which didn't show up as being her
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> fault, as though she had seen it. And yet I have heard all sorts of
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> speculative reasons as to why a post of mine might not show up here,
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> but a moderator not doing their job was overlooked as a possibility.
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> Instead it was attributed to a variety of potential technical
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> problems, or me just looking to make a mountain out of a molehill, but
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> not a moderator who wasn't around to approve something.
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Believe me, while we appreciate her entirely volunteer efforts, most of us =
simply don't think much about the mechanics of moderation at all. And as yo=
u say, speculative reasons were given.  It's not as if this discussion is e=
ither an investigation or trial.  We gave information on possible reasons b=
ased on past experience.=20

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> >
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> > You owe her an apology. =A0Let's see if you're big enough to extend it.
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> >
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> She owed me an apology five years ago --at least one, and I never got
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> it.
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> And I certainly don't owe her one now for any darn thing.

Oh, you do.  But it's your karmic debt to accrue so do as you will.  Must b=
e rough carrying every grudge and imagined slight around all the time.

Now then...how about you either drop it or talk about the actual thread top=
ic? =20

Jan
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