Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watcgl!dmmartindale From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles Subject: Re: How about mod.women? Message-ID: <191@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 01:05:51 EDT Article-I.D.: watcgl.191 Posted: Fri Oct 19 01:05:51 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 13:37:40 EDT References: <634@ubc-vision.CDN> <2900@mit-eddie.UUCP>, <439@amd.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 27 The BIGGEST difference between net.women and the mailing list, I think, is that there is the impression that everyone on the mailing list seems to behave as if they have a responsibility to other members of the list. Everyone seems to care that their submissions are generally useful to the others on the list. No name-calling. No pointless drivel. (To be fair, I don't know how much of this impression is due to the "moderator" filtering out inappropriate material, and how much to the attitude of the members themselves - though I suspect it is mostly the latter. The reasons don't matter as much as the fact that the atmosphere IS different). The atmosphere in which the discussion occurs is (approximately) one of mutual caring and responsibility rather than one in which the participants are intent on asserting their "right" to say whatever they want, regardless of the feelings or desires of other participants. The latter attitude is one I see often on USENET, including in these groups. It is much easier to be open about one's own experiences, and to discuss things calmly, in the atmosphere provided by the mailing list. I expect a moderated group to provide an atmosphere somewhere between that of the current groups and the mailing list in friendliness. Dave Martindale