Re: Repost in the Correct Echo re: Moderation (fm All Politics)   
     By: Lee Lofaso to Damon A. Getsman on Thu Apr 11 2013 09:42 pm   
      
   Good answer!    
      
       HusTler   
      
    > Hello Damon,   
    >    
    >  DAG>> I'm starting to think that if you ARE the true   
    >  DAG>> moderator of this echo that maybe you should consider   
    >  DAG>> stepping down and letting somebody moderate this echo   
    >  DAG>> that actually takes enough time and consideration to   
    >  DAG>> make sure that they're addressing their messages   
    >  DAG>> correctly.  This is in addition to the other   
    >  DAG>> corrections to your poor moderating style that I've   
    >  DAG>> posted in the messages I   
    >    
    > DG>Reposted due to a request by 'He Who Shall Remain Named'.  ;)   
    >    
    >  DAG> -The opinions expressed are not necessarily an advocation of any of   
   the   
    >  DAG> aforementioned ideologies, concepts, or actions.  We still have the   
    > freedom   
    >  DAG> of   
    >  DAG> speech, for now, and I enjoy using it in a satirical or ficticious   
   manner   
    >  DAG> to   
    >  DAG> amuse myself-   
    >    
    >  DAG> "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a   
    >  DAG> revolutionary act." --  George Orwell   
    >    
    > Here's an idea for you, Damon.  Start a new echo, naming yourself   
    > as moderator.  You get to name this new echo anything you want.   
    > You also get to write whatever rules you want for this new echo   
    > of yours.  Nobody will question your command, as you will be   
    > the commander.  Even Bob K. will acknowledge you as commander.   
    >    
    > The one who will not be named can also do the same thing.   
    >    
    > The question of the day is, what the hell is stopping you?   
    > It certainly isn't me.  And it most certainly isn't Bob K.   
    > So what is it?  Can you tell me?  Or is it that you simply   
    > do not want to?   
    >    
    > Maybe you are a newbie, and do not know how to set up a new echo.   
    > That could be it.  Too embarrassed to ask how to do it, having your   
    > own pride.  I understand.  Well, here's how to do it -   
    >    
    > Announce to the world that you are creating a new echo, and   
    > that you are the moderator of that new echo.  Since there is   
    > no echolist (Thom LaCosta's famed echolist went kaput when   
    > his computer died), all you have to do is make the announcement.   
    > You can do that here, in this echo, if you like.  Or in any   
    > other echo of your choice.  It doesn't matter, as all echoes   
    > are equal in the eyes of FidoNet.   
    >    
    > What is the name of your new echo again?  I didn't catch it   
    > the first time around.  And you are the moderator of this new   
    > echo?  Or is it the one who will not be named?  I'm not really   
    > sure, given his own previous posts.   
    >    
    > Once you decide on the name for your new echo, and with yourself   
    > as moderator, all you will need to do then is to ask your sysop   
    > to add the echo to FidoNet.  Or you can do it yourself if you are   
    > a sysop.   
    >    
    > See how simple that is?   
    >    
    > --Lee   
    >    
      
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