Teresa,
I like your idea of having a "group reporting" mechanism for picking up on
"out of bounds" behavior. I'd suggest that the threshold should be, maybe,
4 - 5 complaints. I think it would take too long to get to 10. People are
reluctant to get involved -- or they think "let somebody else do it."
I agree with Nagi that there are cases where it is obvious that the behavior
is egregious and the offender must be stopped forthwith. His idea of a
co-moderator requires finding someone who is willing to take on the task,
but your idea of "group reporting" fills that need and distributes the
responsibility.
I agree with Mike Patterson that thinking twice before sending is good.
On the other hand, my disposition tends toward think and think and stew and
stew and not get it off my chest. I'm learning to say what I think.
I'm glad the OBA board is planning their deliberations. I think they've
been within their mandate, and they can enunciate policies with which all
Oregon birders can get on board.
Thank you again, Teresa. You handled this well.
Peace, everyone,
Paul Sulllivan
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[boo] Re: A few more things
From: Nagi Aboulenein <nagi.aboulenein@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Teresa Hertzel <teresa.hertzel@xxxxxxxxx>, Boo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 09:10:03 -0800
Hi Teresa -
...
Could you have stepped in earlier on the OBOL thread that was the origin of
all
this - maybe. But on the other hand, this is not your paid full-time job, wh
ere
it's your responsibility to keep an eye on OBOL second by second and email b
y
email. So if it takes you, as the sole moderator, a few hours to catch up an
d
step in and decide that a certain threshold has been crossed, and that
something needs to be done, that works just fine for me.
How do we move forward? Here are some personal thoughts.
I'd like to suggest some change to the notion of subscribers sending you
concerns and once those exceed a threshold you take action.
In some cases, it's likely immediately clear that something should be done,
regardless of whether reports/complaints have hit a certain threshold or not
.
In such cases moderator intervention should happen as soon as the moderator
becomes aware of the situation, whether directly, or by even a single report
from a concerned subscriber. And this would be perfectly workable with the
current OBOL model.
However, for the more general case, I think a more sustainable solution is t
o
find co-moderators to help you with this huge task (and that would be going
back to the older days when there were at least two moderators, I believe).
In
this model, when violations of rules/guidelines occur any single moderator c
an
immediately put the culprit(s) on moderated-posting, and the moderator team
can
then discuss/decide what subsequent actions (if any) are necessary, ranging
from temporary moderation (think 30-day penalty box), to permanent moderatio
n,
to permanent ban from OBOL. If the moderator team is divided, it could be
upleveled to the OBA board for a quick tie breaker.
A review of the OBOL guidelines and etiquette is top of the agenda of the
upcoming board meeting. In light of all the ruckus that the board statement
last year, and the more recent board statement now, one of the critical item
s
to address in that review is how/whether/when such OBA board statements shou
ld
be posted on OBOL. My personal opinion is that they fall well within the
mission statements of OBA and OBOL, but thats something where wider input m
ay
be needed.
Thanks and best regards and wishes. Stay well, everyone.
Nagi & Taghrid
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