Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!problem!compus!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!fub!tmpmbx!utopia!sunrise!hotte From: hotte@sunrise.in-berlin.de (Horst Laumer) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Caller ID: Is comp.dcom.telecom biased? Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 91 02:52:45 GMT References: <15377@milton.u.washington.edu> Organization: HL EDV-Beratung Lines: 46 cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) writes: >Following is a posting from comp.dcom.telecom, the popular newsgroup on >telecommunications. The first part is a status report from Atlanta, >where Southern Bell is forcing customers to accept Caller ID without the >minimal safeguards of public choice, like per-call blocking. But it's >the moderator's addendum that I want you to especially notice: > > [ stuff deleted ] > >>[Moderator's Note: The service rep talking to the 'older gentleman' >>should have called his bluff on the spot: If I'd been responding to >>him I'd have probably said "Oh, my! Well, Mr. Jones, we'll certainly >>be sorry to lose you as a good subscriber after X years. It has been >>approved and will be available around February 14. Do you want me to >>process the disconnect order on your service for the same day or would >>you want me to have the service turned off sooner?" (pause, let him >>take it from there ...) PAT] >Is this person biased, or what? Would you want the moderators of all >of the conferences that handle controversial topics popping off like >this, making those who hold opposing points of view feel foolish? >As a moderator, I'm offended. As someone with a regard for privacy >interests, I'm alarmed, because this newsgroup, comp.dcom.telecom, >wields a lot of informational power. But what to do about this? >Bob Jacobson create 'comp.war.moderators', and then non-moderators create 'comp.desert-shield.moderators' .... ( #include ) I believe he has had a bad day, but I take it as that. I wanna thank those folks who moderate the groups, thus risking rare instances of mismoderation. It shows they're humans like me ! BTW, does a moderator not have any opinion, or is it expected that he does not make it known to public ? Don't take it as a hook to start a flame war. Nevertheless, thanks to you for reminding the community and thus showing your opinion, too ! sincerely hotte -- ============================================================================ Horst Laumer, Kantstrasse 107, D-1000 Berlin 12 ! Bang-Adress: Junk-Food INET: hotte@sunrise.in-berlin.de ! for Autorouters -- me -- UUCP: ..unido!fub!geminix!sunrise.in-berlin.de!hotte