Joe Landman <land...@scalableinformatics.com> wrote: >> As a lurker of many years' standing, I am vehemently opposed to moderation. >> It >> slows down traffic (in the rare case that I do pose a question, it's >> because I'm >> desperate and want a response IMMEDIATELY!), is open to abuse, and it comes >> with >> a legal minefield (if let's say, a corporate lawyer at Intel/AMD/NVIDIA >> thinks >> they have been unfairly slagged off, they may go after the list owner).
> so ... moderation stops this (going after the list owner) ... how? No. It's the lack of moderation that should at least provide some safeguards. The legal argument (occasionally challenged, and depending on your jurisdiction, but broadly accepted) is that if you are moderating, you take responsibility. If you don't, you are equivalent to a phone provider or the post office, who are not responsible for the content they deliver. Herbert _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
