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Pastimes : SI Message Filtering - Pros and Cons
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To: loafy loaf who wrote (56)2/11/1998 8:31:00 PM
From: SI Brad  Read Replies (3) of 263
 
I'm wondering why can't the rules of service be more clearly defined and enforced by the management? Can you explain, Brad?

We strive to reach the happiest medium possible. Working on either extreme is impractical. We can't allow complete chaos, but at the same time we absolutely have to let the thread participants resolve/tolerate matters on their own.

Let's say that 2% of all posts on SI are potential "violations" of a strict and clear policy. Most of them will be open to interpretation, no matter how clear the policy is. In a single day, that works out to more than 200 posts that we would need to take a look at and judge within the context of a detailed set of cyberlaws. Of the "violators", 98% of the them will invariably feel wronged, and feel compelled to debate the matter, find support from friends, etc...You've probably noticed there are a lot of super-intelligent and rebellious people on this site, which makes for a lot of great interaction. I know my personal limitations, and I or Jill can't match wits with many of them. We certainly can't take on a hundred at once.

That's the practical constraint. On a more philosophical level, if we did manage to pull off the impossible and stomp out all controversy, would SI not lose a big source of its appeal?
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