lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (01/18/85)
I agree that definite, fully public criteria for screening, and the mechanisms for selecting screeners and avoiding any problems with particular screeners are very important. I support the concept of such a document. I suspect, however, that it may be too early for this, since there are a variety of different factors that impact upon screening in a working service, and not all of them are clear this early in an experiment. However, if people want to start discussing this topic now (remembering that it may turn out to be a purely academic discussion) it might indeed prove useful. I have always assumed that input screening would be via a concise set of criteria, with numerious checks and balances to avoid abuses while still meeting the fundamental screening requirements. In fact, I'm really not very interested in being one of those screeners myself. I really do not have the time nor the inclination. I've been happy to put my time into making this experiment get to this point. It has been fun (up until very recently, at least) and I thought it had the potential to do some good. I'm not interested in forcing my opinions or values onto other people or in "grabbing power." --Lauren--