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From: Eric.Bohlman@p1.f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Bohlman)
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Subject: Re: Expulsion from NFB now a fact
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Date: 4 Feb 91 17:20:43 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 WW>  TG> Maybe they have all been expelled.
 WW> Tom,
 WW>      I should think it would be very comforting to NFB members that this
 WW> is one place where expressing opinions contrary to the moderator's won't
 WW> get them the boot!

Actually, there's a personality type that would find it very UNcomforting;
they prefer the security of never having to encounter anything that would
raise questions in their minds.  Note that I am NOT saying that this applies
to most NFB members, or even that NFB members are more likely to have this
sort of personality than any other group of people.

Points vs. readers: one factor that comes into deciding which is more
appropriate for a given system is the speed of the machine.  If the board is
running on a fairly slow machine, you have to take into account the fact that
with a reader, the compression is done while the caller is online, whereas
with a point system the compression is done between calls.  In our case, we
have a rather slow machine and the compression takes a while, so using points
saves online time.  On a faster machine, the saving would probably be much
less significant.

Back to the NFB issue: did Jamal specifically ask that the NFB's response to
him be made public?  If not, I don't think it belongs here.

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