Re: MD To MF or not to MF

From: Valence (valence10@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jul 01 2003 - 05:18:55 BST

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    Hey Sam, Horse, David and all potential MFers,

    SAM
    > I agree with Rick that the MF has to distinguish itself from MD, and
    paramount for me in that
    > distinction would be active moderation. Dependent on quite how much work
    it involves, I would be
    > interested in helping out there.
    >
    > My ideal would be something like the following:
    > - moderated to ensure relevance and to remove ad hominems etc
    > - a maximum of two posts per person per week
    > - the topic has to be introduced in a 500 word (max) proposal by a
    particular person
    > - the topic continues until it is voted off (vote after three weeks, then
    every two?) OR until there
    > is no post on the topic for a period of 7 days
    > - the discussion is summarised by the person who proposed it (static
    latching!!)
    >
    > I'd definitely want rule 4 to be kept.
    >
    > There are lots of quite specific things that I would want to concentrate
    on, and I would hope that
    > we could become a little more philosophically rigorous. I think MD does a
    wonderful job, but I think
    > MF is more what I need at the moment.

    RICK
    I agree with all of this. But I had another idea about the static latching.
    What I was thinking was that for each topic we could pose a question on
    which to focus (eg. "Do the Lila's Child comments help clarify the
    social/intellectual divide?" or "Does the Eudiamonic MoQ present a superior
    conception of the 4th level to that presented in LILA?"). The question is
    answered at the end of each discussion by every participant with a 'yes' or
    'no' and a brief paragraph (100 words or less) explaining why they "voted"
    the way they did. Whoever proposed the topic would take note of the
    'informal' vote and each participant's brief explanatory paragraph would be
    added to the bottom of the final summary.

    what do you think?

    rick

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