RE: [DL] Me too's vs. Actual list content.

[Seanchai <Seanchai@compuserve.com>]

>>On a serious note - when the posts come from this address
(darious@darious.com) it doesn't have any more weight than anyone else on
the list.<<

   Either you're the moderator or you're not. Saying you're just another
list member when using a certain e-mail account, when you're wearing blue,
or when you're in the mood to shed the moderator role so that you can
indulge in a little fun doesn't work. 
   Moreover, setting up a system in which you sometimes have authority and
sometimes don't is unfair to the list members, who can't reliably know when
you're acting as moderator or not. Yes, I know, you're just a normal list
citizen when you post from a certain e-mail address. Couple of things about
that, however: you cannot shed perceptions of your authority so easily,
it's easy to miss noticing which e-mail address you're posting from,
posting from an alternate e-mail is no guarantee that the moderator won't
get involved, and, finally, there's no guarantee that you won't change your
mind about the authority inherent in the alternate e-mail.
   
             Seanchai

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