File spoon-archives/marxism-general.archive/marxism-general_1996/96-10-19.135, message 76


From: Zeynep Tufekcioglu <zeynept-AT-turk.net>
Subject: RE: Marxism-International -  Reply to Zeynup,  Hugh, & Chris 
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 04:16:49 +0200


Answer to your question about internet access rates: in Turkey at least,
there is no flat rate internet access available. I have to pay for every
single second of access. 

I accept that a person can be in principle against moderation. That's why I
had asked, I was curious if it was your objection to moderation that kept
you from subscribing.

As for me being a moderator. I don't know what kind of a moderator I'll be.
What I do know is that the old Marxism list was almost impossible to follow
if one suffered from any of the following constraints.

1. English as a foreign language, hence slow reading. It is impossible to
read all the material.

2. Non-office job. (i.e. you couldn't read e-mail during lunch). General
lack of time. The volume was too much.

3. Slow or expensive internet account.

Currently, the three post a day rule seems to have stopped people from
posting for the sake of posting. I can see that one could argue that people
should be able to post for the sake of posting. We have Marxism-General for
that. I hope Marxism-International will be a relatively low volume, but high
content list. 

The three-post rule is intended to make people self-moderate. Put more
effort into their posts and limit the volume without limiting the content.
We'll see if it works or not.

Zeynep



   

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