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drjohn

If I understand it right, mods at SI have the power for bans, but not for removing posts.

I believe it is not exactly a good system. Because it is a bad idea to make use of this power: From all (my) experience the more people get banned the more people will do their very best to pervert the system. People just behave so. So the most probable outcome of banning people (for whatever reason) is a fight against an increasing number of windmills.

Ultimately, a board organizing itself is the best, if not the only way to do it: If it is not capable of doing so it is moribund for good. That's how nature works, in my understanding. Any belief to have a better system was proven wrong so far.

K.

Edit: There is nothing wrong with moderation. A board organizing itself can have a moderator. But it is not necessary his alias is on top of the board. It should be one of natural authority. comp.arch works like that since ages. Nick very rarely does anything in terms of moderation. It is enough he is there.