[extropy-chat] META: ExICh list & moderation system logistics?

[Robert Bradbury]

Could someone who understands the technical details please explain the
current ExiCh list moderation logistics?  This may include documenting
precisely what software is being used (hopefully open source, so anyone
could examine any documentation or in a pinch the code itself to see how it
works).  If the software is extremely flexible the current policy
(configuration file) settings being used would be helpful. If that is
unavailable, a clear explanation as to the mechanism(s) involved in
moderation would be nice.

Interesting questions seem to be hanging over the list.  If the Extropy
Institute is "closing its doors" do the people involved with the "former"
organization have any legitimate role in dictating ExICh list policies?
Should the list change its name and/or domain?

I ask these questions not to be difficult (or a troll) but out of curiosity
with respect to whether we are slipping from a relatively transparent
organizational structure to one where it much less clear what is going on
"behind the curtain".  History has numerous examples of the ill that befall
groups or entire populations who fail to pay attention to changes taking
place in front of their eyes.  (The one which immediately comes to mind
today is... "Oh don't mind that volcano that is showing particularly
troublesome signs... Just go about your daily lives as if it wasn't there.")

Robert
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