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2008-05-23 , 16:31
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Originally Posted by pa28pilot View Post
I find it {shocking | disheartening} that people related to communities that claim to value "freedom" as a fundamental tenet can be so utterly committed to constraining the editorial options of what is arguably a social mechanism and discussion forum.
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Haven't we moved on already?

Then again, it would not be the first time that I've seen people so intent on finding technical mechanisms for a (human or social) task that the initial intention became diluted or obscured.
OK, now you've lost me. It appeared in the first part of your message you were annoyed at the negative reaction to Reggie's original announcement. But our negativity was on the exact same topic you raise here: it appeared to us that ITSSS was a technical solution to end-user problems, rather than address (what we saw as) the underlying causes. Our point was (and is) that another download catalogue won't solve any of the problems and that the effort would be better placed elsewhere.

Hopefully, we'll see the fruits of some of that effort soon.
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