[Fis] MODERATION NOTE

Pedro C. Marijuán pedroc.marijuan at gmail.com
Mon Jun 30 21:19:24 CEST 2025


Dear FIS Colleagues,

In the list server with the description of this list there appear the 
basic posting rules.

/FIS POSTING RULES

- FIRST RULE: *Maintaining the academic & scholarly code of conduct; 
messages not abiding by it should be ignored. *

- SECOND RULE: Participants have only right to a maximum of TWO OR THREE 
MESSAGES PER WEEK (two should be the general rule, but just one can be 
recommended in case of list saturation). Discussion chairs may always 
post beyond that limit.

- THIRD RULE: Clean posting; not dragging accumulated previous messages; 
addressing the messages only to fis at listas.unizar.es, exclusively (in 
any case, the less “cc” addresses included the better). Attached files 
are very unwelcome.
/

I have emphasized the first one, given the recent 'disruptive' exchange. 
Reading something that contradicts the own stance is not well taken 
generally. It immediately focuses one´s attention and provokes an 
irritated response. Actually this is the bread and butter of social 
networks, engineered to capture people's attention and engagement, (the 
power of irritation!) and better target their propaganda. On a global 
scale, undoubtedly, it has contributed to polarization increase and 
growing thinking hostility. In our own micro-environment I have often 
asked for more seasoned responses, for (micro) essay style, and for 
strict self-containment. I have applied to myself the rule of never 
answering irritated, to wait a minimum of 48 hours before penning my 
response. I have observed that 90% of the offense dissolves after that 
time (it was almost nothing!) and one can then go to the substantive 
points...  And that's it: let us abide by the First Rule. And please, 
don't answer to each other so fast.

All the best,

--Pedro
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