Subj : Moderator Definition
To   : Thom LaCosta
From : David Drummond
Date : Tue Mar 29 2005 08:30 pm

Thom LaCosta -> David Drummond wrote:

 TL>> No David the discussion of who is the listed moderator of an echo is
 TL>> relevant.

 DD>> Correct, but that does not have to have any connection with this
 DD>> "echo tag" you speak of.

 TL> In your mind it doesn't....a lot of other folks wout disagree with you.

A lot of people used to maintain that the earth was flat.

Your service has no authority in Fidonet as a whole - it merely provides an 
information service - regardless of the accuracy of that information.

 DD>> Your list is *not* authoritative, it is just a list of information
 DD>> (as you see it).

 TL> And exactly what does that prove?

That it is has no authority outside that little group who see it as such.

 TL> If folks make use of the Echolist and regard it as a source of information 
about the name of the echo, the
 TL> content of the echo, it's origin and a lot of other information, it  
becomes a reference work.

Even though it is inaccurate. Garbage in, garbage out.

 TL> But, you and I will remain at loggerheads, so it's of little purpose for
 TL> either one of us to convince the other.

Or the IC. He already sees through your masquerade.

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regards

David

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