Subj : Fidonews Moderator
To   : Thom LaCosta
From : David Drummond
Date : Wed Mar 30 2005 06:48 am

Thom LaCosta -> David Drummond wrote:

 TL>> No, thank goodness, the Echolist is not governed by FIdonet or any of
 TL>> the other networks that make use of it.

 TL>> It's offered as a service.

 DD>> But there is no obligation to avail oneself of that service.

 TL> Correct.....although some moderators use their listing to make
 TL> information available to the public.  And some distribuition systems use
 TL> it to ascertain information about the echo and the moderator.

Data, it appears, that can be wrong.

 TL> And of course there are some moderators that simply refuse to use
 TL> it...and then whine about various things.

Such as?

 TL> There are even some who mysteriously use it for one echo they moderate,
 TL> refuse to use it for another one that they claim to be the moderator.

And those who use it for one they moderate, and not for another that they *are* 
the moderator of.

Why, if there is no compulsion, did you mention to the IC that Bj”rn had 
"refused to list" the echo?

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regards

David

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