Some details on a moderated pianotech

[Richard Brekne]

Bob....

Your idea dies upon its own unreasonablness. I mean... who is going to 
monitor your version of pianotech ??... and why wont that result in the 
same  delay you seem to react to before the fact ?

Any monitoring and censorship implies a delay... as you simply have to 
have humans to do the work.  So the kind of  solution Andy forwards 
actually minimizes the delay as its not alllll that important if a 
moderater takes things a bit to quickly.... the same posts automatically 
go to the other list and can be easily enough brought back in if needed. 

Face it Bob.... its not a perfect world and it never will be.  Seems to 
me you have a whole bunch of skeptics ready to meet you half way... I 
suggest you take the opportunity to move a few steps in a direction you 
seem to want and see what happens.

Cheers
RicB



BobDavis88@aol.com wrote:

> So those of us who want to talk about "pianos" on a "pianotech" list 
> must pay by losing real-time access? Doesn't seem fair. I'd like to 
> trot out an idea I proposed last brouhaha - if we're going to have 
> parallel lists, make them pianotech and pianochat. Those who like the 
> full range of talk simply subscribe to both, and they will 
> transparently continue to receive posts both about pianos, and about 
> barbeques and Jesus. Those who want to receive only piano talk 
> subscribe to pianotech. This is the way it works now with pianotech 
> and caut. For those of us who subscribe to both, it's like one big 
> list; but those who aren't interested in college matters don't see 
> those posts.
>  
> I too enjoy richness of expression and the individuality of my 
> colleagues. Watching the list over the past years, I don't see 
> complaints when someone cracks a joke or mentions beer in a basically 
> piano-related discussion, (and besides, what would we do without 
> Andre', the Netherlander who uses English more poetically than most of 
> us for whom it is a first language?).
>  
> I don't think there's all that much disagreement on where the line is. 
> If there were easy access to a parallel list, no one has to moderate, 
> and if an off-topic post shows up, it is fair game for PRIVATE 
> reminders to take it to pianochat.
>  
> Thanks to all,
> Bob Davis