The great moderation experiment begins

[CodeSmith]

I first ran into the moderation in the thread about the Ben Hermans interview, and I think it's great.  I especially liked it when only parts of a post were deleted (like one maked "personal attack"), the rest of the post was worth reading so the partial moderation was better than nuking the entire post.

It's funny that it's the known trolls that are complaining the loudest (hi Paul_Gadd!), everyone else seems to welcome the idea.

Wayne, this is a Good Thing (tm).  Just make sure you have reasonably neutral moderators (and enforce giving a reason for every time a comment is changed), and it should improve this site a lot (you have to admit, it was getting pretty polarized lately).

[CodeSmith]

@Wayne:

To admit that, I would have to believe that this is a situation where there are really two different sides.

Sorry, but you just have to look at the "Alan's reply to Bill" thread to see that there *are* two sides.  The saddest part of it is that the arguments are 100% ideological (either Bill is right or Alan is right, "just because").  There are a few ppl left who still try to use their brains (SlimJim comes to mind), but most are quite comfortable sitting in their battlements.

I used to be what some would call a BAF, mostly because I believe in the Friedens and the rest of the Hyperion crew.  Now I'm just disillusioned with the whole sad situation; I would be surprised if the amiga "community" hasn't torn itself apart by this time next year.  I don't care who's fault it is - I doubt it matters by now.

[CodeSmith]

Ah, freedom of speech - the troll's only claim to legitimacy.