[fruityloops] Re: to moderate or not to moderate, that is thequestion
- From: "Doug Gough" <dgough@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <fruityloops@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 12:04:50 -0700
I think a moderated list is a definate step forward....go for it.
Doug Gough
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From: Andrew Ebling [mailto:andyebling@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:33 AM
To: fruityloops@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [fruityloops] Re: to moderate or not to moderate, that is
thequestion
On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 08:57, -=3D-Enrique-=3D- wrote:
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> wow that's a really good idea....
So we have 2 votes in favour and 71 abstentions??!
Andy
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> Subject: [fruityloops] to moderate or not to moderate, that is the
> question
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> Hi all,
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> I have been thinking about changing this list over to being moderated,
> rather than unmoderated as it is now.
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> I'm considering this for a number of reasons:
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> - The list now has quite a good number of members, but as soon as
there
> is a burst of traffic on the list, a run of people attempt to
> unsubscribe, often by incorrectly sending a mail to the list asking to
> be removed. This only serves to annoy people who wish to remain on
the
> list.
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> - The official fruity forum is unmoderated, so has a lot of noise and
> people messing about. If this list was moderated, it might attract
new
> members who just want a low volume but good quality fruity related
> discussion.
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> - Subject lines can be filtered/modified to make it easier to follow
> threads. Sometimes people reply to a message and start a new topic
> without changing the subject line accordingly. Its easy to do by
> mistake and I've done it in the past.
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> - Warez related posts can be filtered out. This hasn't been a problem
> in the past, but could become a problem as the list becomes better
> known.
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> If the list was moderated, what should be allowed and what should be
> blocked? If questions/queries are too vague and therefore unlikely to
> get an answer, should I block them and ask the author to be more
> specific?
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> I would like to know what you all think about this. Basically, the
idea
> is to try and make the list as useful as possible to all members, some
> of whom may not have time to deal with large volumes of less useful
> messages.
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> If you have a specific comment that only I need to hear, please reply
to
> me off-list. If you want to suggest something for further discussion,
> feel free to reply to the list.
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> thanks,
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> Andy
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