[fruityloops] Re: to moderate or not to moderate, that is the question
- From: "amit" <amit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: fruityloops@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 10:22:08 -0700 (PDT)
until today, this list has been relatively low-traffic
and is on-topic. i dont really see a need for
moderation at this point. but i would appreciate it if
people were a little more conscious of changing subject
lines.
a.
c j w wrote:
>
>
> As it may be a lot of work for you to filter each and
> every message you
> might want to consider an alternative (especially
since
> there isn't
> much of a problem yet). I would suggest setting some
> ground rules for
> the list that could be sent out to the current
> subscribers as well as
> new subscribers. If you find that the list is being
> abused you could
> enforce the moderation or just remove the offenders
(if
> they continue
> to misbehave). I subscribe to some pretty large lists
> and although
> there is a lot of traffic there is little to no
abuse.
> Just my 2cent.
> I support whatever you want to do.
>
> - c
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> --- Andrew Ebling <andyebling@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have been thinking about changing this list
over to
> being
> > moderated,
> > rather than unmoderated as it is now.
> >
> > I'm considering this for a number of reasons:
> >
> > - 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.
> >
> > - 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.
> >
> > - 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.
> >
> > - 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.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Andy
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