[WikiEN-l] The userbox fad

Wed Jan 4 15:52:43 UTC 2006

On 1/4/06, Stan Shebs <shebs at apple.com> wrote:
> If there are hordes of invading POV-pushers hooking up with each
> other, that's the problem to deal with. They're not going to be
> encouraged or deterred by whether they have to type 15 vs 30
> characters to do it. Mechanism is not policy.

What is "mechanism is not policy" supposed to mean?  We use mechanisms
to enforce policy, both hard policy and soft policy.  It's perfectly
reasonable for us to make it more difficult to push a point of view
because we don't want people doing that.

Kelly