| Saturday, July 7, 2007 |
| If the FPM ruled!! |
It seems that the FPM has a tight grip on what is being expressed in terms of political views by its supporters and opposers alike. Let me give you an example.
I usually read and engage in discussion board conversations and debates on 3 separate forums. These forums belong to the FPM, the LF, and the FM.
Forums are usually a good way to find out what is going on in the country in a live updated manner. But, being a user on all these 3 forums, there is a fundamental difference between the manner of moderation of these forums. The forums belonging to the LF and FM has a similar mode of operation. There is a set of rules that you have to abide with, and as long as you do so, you can post anything you want. The FPM forum (LFPM.org) has a different mode of operation. All posts are pre-moderated. This means that if you want to post an idea, a comment, anything on their forum, it has to be reviewed by a moderator first, before you are allowed to post.
This means that the individual moderator can block your idea from passing through, because he or she did not like it. This actually does not qualify as "moderation" but rather as censorship. I honestly would be very worried if the FPM ruled Lebanon. If censorship has come to an open source of information such as an open discussion board, then you could imagine what it would be like if this same concept gets applied on a governmental scale. Maybe, when the LFPM changes their policy regarding this rule, I would reconsider supporting them for governance. But this form of tapping into posted information, and censorship in a supposedly public atmosphere gives me the shivers. |
posted by Orange Peel @ 6:47 AM  |
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