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

[Ross Coburn <coburn@videotron.ca>]

Note, this is not a flame (but you can feel free to ignore this 
disclaimer and take things personally if it'll make you feel better).

I may be selectively editing my own recollections of your activity on 
this list, but are you ever happy about anything?


On Sunday, July 15, 2001, at 01:00 PM, Seanchai wrote:

>    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.