Posted by SLS on January 5, 2011, at 13:58:32
In reply to I don't think I like a peer moderated forum, posted by Dinah on January 5, 2011, at 10:33:27
Me neither.
Unfortunately, we can only guess at what Dr. Bob has used us for. Your guess is as good as mine, but there is a lot of material here to work with.
Is it idealistic to work towards a website of self-moderating idealists? Are the rules of civility changing the way we speak? Of course. The bigger question is whether or not the rules change the way we think.
It may be that, for the sake of an experiment, Dr. Bob must remain unworried about individual posters leaving if they are leaving because they don't choose to conform or just can't understand what is being asked of them. The doctor might be counting on attrition to weed out the people whom will not conform and add to the homogeneity of the population.
Lately, I think the good doctor has been increasing the magnitude of the experimental pressure being applied.
Lots of material here...
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
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