[Buddha-l] Re: buddha-l Digest, Vol 8, Issue 75

[Andrew Skilton]

Wed, 12 Oct 2005  "Richard P. Hayes"  wrote:

>> But is Buddha-l a Buddhist environment? With recent revision of the
>> 'constitution' and from observed practice, Buddha-l is pretty much anything
that
>> the moderators (and some contributors) want it to be.

>It is was contributors want it to be. Hardly any moderation is done (or
>needed), since this list has shown itself to be stable and well behaved.

This is a fair response and corrects my assumption of a higher degree of
moderation than is actually performed. And it is one of the successes of
Buddha-l that it remains stable, pretty well-behaved and interesting.

> Surely the only way to change the style of the list is to be a regular
>contributor. I anyone wishes to set a different tone than the one that
>they see here, all they need do is to write in the tone they like. If
>others like it, they will respond in kind. There is probably no other
>way to achieve change on a mostly unmoderated list.

I agree! 

Andrew