Editorial

The New MODERATOR Moderator

Last week, even as Fidonews was being put together, Kent Anderson announced that Tom Knowles had resigned as moderator of the echo MODERATOR and named Kent to the job. Tom, presumably, had found personal issues would limit his further involvement in Fidonet... though many speculated that charges of ELIST tampering may have influenced his decision.

Kent Anderson has been a moderator's moderator for some time on Fidonet. He's well known for his even approach in the echoes he moderates, and his helpfulness to other moderators in general. Already, Kent has defused most of the unrest in the MODERATOR echo brought about by Tom Knowles authoritarian style.

As Tom Knowles - either the real person or the alter ego - becomes but a dim memory in Fidonet, I expect the ELIST tampering issue to fade also... unresolved. Like most unresolved issues, though, it will rise Phoenix-like from it's own ashes, at the most inconvenient times.