dgolds What is the happy medium? I don't there is any... after all you can't please all the people all of the time. Rather than moderation we started to offer a digested form of the mailing list -- so folks who were tired of getting hundreds of email now just got one long one that could be skimmed quickly. That worked for us.

I think there is enough support and opposition for moderators to make a test run a good idea. However, I can't speak for others but I know if parts (or all) of this bboard was moderated I'd stop posting....

Why? Other than a few extreme cases like Mr. MileageGod, I find small flame wars refreshing.. it lets people including me get out their aggression... and gives some insight into a person's biases and background so you can understand their posts (after all, you don't come to me to ask about how great United is )

Hence why I suggest if there is moderation to do it in pieces -- and see how the overall populace reacts... With the way the Delta folks had to bang Randy and crew over the head to get responses about their problem I think the status quo -- no change -- is a lot more realistic than any sort of moderation.