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James Womack Date: Sat May 16, 1998 2:48 am Subject: Re: Question To The List | |
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On Fri, 15 May 1998 11:19:27 -0700 Alice Rose writes: >An effective method on other lists has been to immediately post a >*short* request that people only post related to the list topic(s). If the >same person offends more than once, they can be warned that they will be >dropped from the list, and then dropped if the problem persists. That's a good plan as long as it's not heavy handed. I no longer participate in a certain other list because of heavy handed censorship. By this, I mean I and another were forbidden to post messages responding to certain parties relating to policies and attitudes that affect ASL programs. This is topic related for that list but certain parties felt it is a no no to say something less than glowing praise for programs and individuals whose statements or philosophies we happened to disagree with. This is biased censorship and as an old FidoNet user, I watched such moderating result in the death of of quite a few echoes ( equivalent of what we call lists here ) as folks got a sense of unwelcomeness and just left. But it is fair and right to insist that posts be on the topic for what the list is created for or it will otherwise lose its focus. Now and then, we are certain to have a post here and there that strays. Often, ignoring one or two from teh same person and reminding them of the list's purpose if it goes beyond that, is enough. Another thing I saw and see in Fidonet echoes is periodic (monthly) posting of echo rules which serve to inform newcomers of the moderator's expectations and remind old timers of the same. The rules are often short and simple. If Valerie so decrees, I will provide an example of echo rules from my old ASL Echo so you can get an idea of how it was done on FidoNet. |
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