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Topic: Open viewing, invited posting
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Micah Sparacio
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posted 14. May 2004 13:08
New Update: If you would like to be considered as a participant of Brainstorms, please send an email to moderator@iscid.org and in the message either provide evidence of previous posts that you've made that you'd like us to use in our consideration or send a new post for evaluation.
Moving forward, Brainstorms is implementing a new discussion board policy. This policy is an attempt to improve the quality of our forum's postings while at the same time slowing down the pace. Good conversations don't happen when people post in a frenzy, driven only by an eagerness to shoot down ideas, accuse, and slogan-sling.
There is a danger in taking this policy: it could be that it doesn't fit internet dynamics. We will have to wait and see. One thing is for sure: we were not happy with the quality of discussions that were taking place, and saw no reason to waste our bandwidth hosting the sort of thing that is pervasive across the net. If you want to advocate for or against Darwinism, go somewhere else. If you want to advocate for or against ID, go somewhere else. Indeed, if you see this conversation as "ID vs. Darwinism" then you might as well go somewhere else as well.
Brainstorms was never set up to be a standard, anything goes, discussion forum. We have a goal: to foster substantive, scientific discussions. Some people think that having this goal amounts to censorship. We're sorry if you see it that way. We don't. We see it as implementing heuristics to produce above status-quo conversations.
Active participation at Brainstorms is now limited to:
(1) An invited group of participants who we feel have generally been productive community members and who have generally remained congenial unless provoked (and sometimes despite being provoked)
(2) Suitably screened emails sent as thread-starters to moderator@iscid.org (if someone's email is accepted, then he or she automatically becomes a probationay participant).
(3) ISCID members
Posting at Brainstorms, for any of these three groups of people, is a privilege that can be revoked if abused.
[ 25. May 2004, 08:19: Message edited by: Moderator ]
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andyg
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posted 18. May 2004 21:28
Could you please post a list of the approved participants?
Thanks
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Moderator
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posted 19. May 2004 19:40
andyg,
Yes, as we approve Brainstorms, we will try to create a list of those with posting privileges. However, this may not be posted until next week.
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Moderator
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posted 01. June 2004 11:27
After saying that we'd post a list of approved posters, some issues have arisen that we did not anticipate which prevent us from doing so.
Policy going forward is that unless you are a member of ISCID or you receive an explicit invitation, you can be fairly sure that you have not received posting privileges at Brainstorms. You can apply for an invitation by sending an email to moderator@iscid.org and providing a sample submission for us to consider in our evaluation.
Once you receive posting privileges, it is your responsibility to maintain high standards of dialogue. If such standards are not met, your privileges will be taken away.
No list will be maintained. The primary reason for this is the added administrative overhead which we do not have the resources to stay on top of. Other reasons include the fact that such a list will probably serve only to distract from the sort of discussion that we are aiming for, create an atmosphere in which we will have to waste our time defending our policies, and (worst of all) will encourage more hatemail than we are already receiving. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Salvador T. Cordova
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posted 21. September 2004 13:30
I want to thank you for your policy as we need place where respected scientists on both sides can discuss the issues dispassionately. I feel this is a valid forum for that.
For example, it would be wonderful for someone like ISCID fellow Rick Sternberg or William Dembski or Michael Behe to discuss their views and exchange vital information with other scientists here at ISCID, and that all sides are protected of being heckled or ridiculed.
There are "free for all" or "almost free for all forums" to express personal views. A forum like www.arn.org I think is wonderful venue for more lively discussions. It is there that I've been able to flesh out many ideas in a more informal atmosphere.
Thank you again to the moderators and admisitrators.
Salvador
PS
I've gone back and cleaned up some of my posts.
[ 21. September 2004, 13:32: Message edited by: Salvador T. Cordova ]
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