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Subject:Re: Fed up with Eric's Rules From:Scott McClare <smcclare -at- DY4 -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:48:49 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Nichols [SMTP:mark2051 -at- YAHOO -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 10:51 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Fed up with Eric's Rules
>
>In the last three months, Eric has removed scores of members
for
>violations of his intolerant rules. This list has become a
laughing
>stock of the technical communications community.
Speaking as a member of the so-called "technical communications
community," would you mind please asking my permission before presuming
to speak for me? Thanks.
>For too long, Eric Ray has controlled and restricted
information on
>this list. When people have raised controversial,
inflammatory, or
>decisive topics, he has stopped the threads, issued his idiotic
little
>ADMIN posts, and removed members who expressed their ideas.
Eric might
>not have a responsibility to publish, but he has taken his job
as list
>moderator WAY too far. He has gone beyond merely policing the
group,
>to practicing full-scale censorship and ppression.
If you don't like the way the moderator (read: owner) of a
mailing list conducts the list, then feel entirely free to leave it
alone. Vote with your feet.
Scott
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Scott McClare - Technical Writer
DY 4 Systems Inc.
(613) 599-9199 x512
smcclare -at- dy4 -dot- com
Opinions expressed are solely mine