2 Feb
2002
2 Feb
'02
10:32 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lawson" <jpl15(a)panix.com
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: SOME ITEMs from another AOLamer
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
I personally don't mind hitting DEL every week or two, but that's just me.
The biggest problem I see with moderation is the latency on this list is
high
enough as it is-- witness the Bondwell. One moderator couldn't possibly
keep the messages flowing as fast as they come in. Perhaps a web gateway,
with a number (all subscribers?) of people authorized to approve posts?
This would tend to eliminate the edge one moderator would have on the
more desirable hardware, too. Also, one less straw man for the censorship
crowd.
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Stan Sieler wrote:
> I don't mind a smattering of off-topic posts ... almost weekly, I
> point people with questions about classic computers (or with
> classic hardware they want to get rid of) to this list
True, but everytime I've suggested moderating
the list in the past it's
always run up against the Chicken Little's who claim the sky will fall.
I think Sellam has a great point here, the more I think about it, that
non-subscriber posts perhaps should be routed to a moderator for a quick
scan before forwarding to the List or dev/nul as appropriate. I don't
think anyone would have a problem with this, since there doesn't seem to
be much of a grey area in what is Junque and what is junk. Also, there
really aren't much of the objectionable posts appearing, so it's not like
it's going to be a career move to act as a Screener.
But: folks now need to step up and agree to take on the SpaModerator
job. I don't mind doing it as time permits, although there would be
intervals of a few days when I would be unavailable...
This might be one way to keep the List available to the non-subscribers
who have Stuff of Interest, and keep the intrusions to a minimum.
I'm wondering what other's opinions, and the feelings of Jay West,
might be on this Topic??
Cheers
John
Bob