X-Message-Number: 32478
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:54:23 +0000 (UTC)
From: Melody Maxim <>
Subject: Censorship Allowed by Cryonet Rating System


As Kitty Antonik Wakfer and David Stodolsky, (and, perhaps, others), have 
recently pointed out, the Cryonet rating system is not serving the purpose it 
was designed for. It seems to be mostly used by a few small minds, with the 
intention of quashing the messages of certain people, (people who don't agree 
with the raters' viewpoints, I presume). These people apparently don't realize 
that rating a message as "flamebait," even when the message is reasonable, makes
THEM (the people attempting to censor, via negative ratings) look bad. Of 
course, they don't have to be concerned with appearances, since, as Kitty points
out, they are allowed to remain anonymous. Any rational, mature adult would 
realize these childish behaviors only lend to the critic's credibility, while 
detracting from the integrity of this forum.


I have taken the time to give positive ratings to posts made by Luke Parrish, 
(who made the "mistakes" of making a negative comment about neuros and 
mentioning my name). I have also sent a message to Keven Brown, as Kitty 
suggested.


My thanks to people like Kitty and David, for their attempts to prevent unfair 
censorship, on Cryonet.

Melody Maxim

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