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August 12, 2003
Hashkafah.com
Hashkafah.com is rife with strife. People are accusing other people. People are attacking the person instead of attacking the message. Hashkafah.com, when it was still small, was such a nice place. People used to be nice to each other, the creeps weren't there yet. Now there are some creeps, some nuts, some normal people, I guess it's a bad mix. I think this is the point where we will see if Hashkafah.com is here to stay or is a passing fad. I think that if the Hashkafaniks weather this storm they are here to stay.
What they definitely need to do though is get a strong moderating team. In a place where people think they're anonymous they tend to do things they wouldn't otherwise do. I think even these creeps are a lot more normal in real-life. So, in absence of a system where people are forced to use real names, where every person is known by at least one other in real-life, a strong moderating team is needed.
I am sure the answer is that the people behind hashkafah.com have real lives to attend to, so I am waiting to see what the outcome of the latest controversies will be.
As an example of how the site would have been different with a strong moderating team, a person with a record like this would not have been allowed to become a member. Which raises the question, why would someone use the same screen-name for these sites as for a site with hashkafah in its title?
COMMENT:
AUTHOR: mindy
DATE: 08/14/2003 06:00:06 AM
Shlomo, members' pasts are not investigated and no one is discriminated against. Anyone can join h.com if s/he wants, but if someone abuses it, then it's pretty bad...
Well I'm gone now and MS has scaled down his; maybe the ppl who didnt like him will be happier now.
Actually h.com improved now and its more interesting to read. (I still lurk but dont post).
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Posted by notepad at August 12, 2003 08:53 PM