Jay West wrote:
Zane wrote...
Is there a reason the list is so slow right now?
It's taking an hour or
better for messages to show up.
This was sent at 10:04am Pacific.
Yup, it's running so slow because a fair number of people on the list
couldn't act like adults and I am now having to manually moderate
every single post.
I have a day job... so posts when get through when I decide to sit
down and go through them all. Soon as I get the impression that people
can get along and play well, I'll put the list back in to normal mode.
In the interim, expect posts to take a day.
Grumpy Old Jay
Jerome Fine replies:
I have been mostly lurking for a while - busy with my family.
In addition, I usually download at most twice a week, usually
only once a week. So I guess I don't even get into the arguments.
JAY!! THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU EFFORTS IN HOSTING!!!
YOU ARE ENTITLED TO RUN THINGS EXACTLY AS YOU ARE!!!
PERSONALLY, I WOULD HAVE CUT THINGS OFF MUCH SOONER!!!
A suggestion. Perhaps when any thread starts to go off-topic
and strong feelings are being expressed, the "inmates" might
think for a few extra minutes before sending a reply.
Specifically, when the total number of off-topic posts for any
given tread (or any of its children however disguised) exceeds
a threshold such as 20 (personally I would use 10) posts, then
a delay of one day should substantially reduce any unreasonable
responses. In addition, each person should then be limited to
a maximum of TWO additional posts to that thread!!!!!!!!!!
ANY person who exceeds these "voluntary" guidelines would be liable:
(a) Placed on the "REQUIRED TO BE MODERATED" list for one month, or
(b) Banned from the list for one month,
whichever Jay decides depending on how Grumpy Old Jay feels.
On other suggestion might be to limit the total number of posts to
50 a day with any extra being delayed to be sent the following day
and be part of the total for the following day. I notice that this
is probably the present limit for Jay in any case which is probably
a good result since perhaps posts which pertain to my last point
will be avoided so that more important posts will make it to the plate.
FINALLY, WHILE I AGREE THAT IT TAKES ME ONLY A FEW SECONDS
TO DELETE A HUMOROUS 5 WORD REPLY, I REALLY SEE NO POINT!!!
Perhaps the "inmates" might consider that it is only adding a lot of
chaff to the mix to toss off a quick reply that adds nothing to a topic
that is really off-topic in the first place.
And I suggest that everyone limit themselves to ONE response to my
suggestions. I personally will not reply since I probably will not
download for another week in any case.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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