Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 12:09:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Daniel Myers Reply-To: Daniel Myers To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Subject: Re: Self-Moderation In-Reply-To: I'm a passive member of the PSN list, and much more active on the csf Homeless list. I posted here only a couple times, and stopped posting when it seemed people didn't want to discuss too much what I had to say. I have a tight time schedule which makes me filter PSN posts. When discussioneers push an agenda repeatedly, I move to the next post rather quickly. I nonetheless try to skim for objectivity. I've unsubbed from other CSF lists, because the posts are simply too hard to keep up with or too esoteric. Like PKT. I enjoy most of Woj's PSN posts who I find to be scholarly, even though he posts often. I enjoy a smaller percentage of Shawgi's, who seems to be pushing the agenda button. Others fall in-between somewhere, in terms of either content or frequency. I don't have a problem Woj's long posts, but I can't seem wade through Shawgi's with patience. In the Homeless group where I do post, I always hesitate before pressing the "send" button, because I don't like the idea of dominating discussions with repeated involvement, even though I might have something to say. I guess this is a form of unsolicited self-moderation. This means not expressing opinions on certain discussion topics (or people), or delaying my responses so that others might have a chance to post before I might influence the discussion. http://www.best.com/~dhm (formerly http://www.catch22.com/~dhm)