On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Andrew Moreno wrote:
> I naively went into business with a sugar-coated attitude thinking that
> all would be fine when I started my business, that all I needed to succeed
> was a business plan, partners, an idea, spreadsheets, a computer, a car,
> etc.
> Part of my job, as long
> as I can tolerate it, is to teach them how, indirectly, so that they think
> that they gained those insights themselves and so that we can create
> something sustainable.
I read this message over and I thought I should clarify some things.
By "business," I mean any sort of interaction between myself and other
people.
Some of you may think what I'm doing is a bit manipulative, but these
types of safeguards abound on the Internet and they are a necessary part
of functioning on the Internet.
A good example is a moderator of a listserv or a newsgroup. How did a
moderator come to exist? Did someone say to some people, "you are a
moderator now, you do this." I don't think so, I think that over time,
people found that having a moderator in place kept things in balance.
Richard Karash has been a great moderator of this listserv. He has told
me a lot of times to take certain messages one-on-one or that certain
messages weren't appropriate. He helps keep the quality of the list high
and he's very diplomatic about it.
The reason I have to do things indirectly is that usually people don't
like being told directly what to do. They don't want to be coached,
coddled, etc. So it's either do what I have to do indirectly or leave
them alone meaning stopping all contact with them.
Andrew Moreno
-- Andrew Moreno <amoreno@broken.ranch.org>