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-L. wrote:
That's not how this works. It's moderated in that if someone posts crap they get warned once and then kicked off if it happens again. The offending posts get deleted. There is more than one moderator usually, so the crap doesn't stay on the ng for long. It works quite well, actually. -L. I co-moderate a list on Yahoo. It has a specific subject (raw feeding). There are 4 moderators and a list owner and close to 1,000 members. New people are put on moderation (meaning their posts must be approved by a moderator before they're posted on the list). Once the person is shown to not be a troll or troublemaker, they're taken off moderation. I think it works well for that particular list. But I don't think it would for a newsgroup, especially one that has many topics. I know on AOL their message boards used to be moderated and they were terrible, and it was pretty stiffling. |
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On 27 Jun 2005 09:46:41 -0700, "-L." wrote:
We are thinking of setting one up since this group has become such a wasteland. It would be through an easily-accessible venue such as Yahoo, etc. Would anyone here be interested in participating? If so, please send me an email - address in header is valid. Thanks! -L. There are already Cat Health & Behavior groups set up on Yahoo. I am not sure how they are, as I signed up, and never checked back... |
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wrote in message ups.com... -L. wrote: wrote: Despite the brouhaha & nastiness that can - & often does - periodically occur on unmoderated ngs, a moderated one doesn't interest me. I tried one once, & basically found it to be a PITA - to have every innocuous post vetted, to have the lag time - esp. if the moderator was busy doing something else, etc. Plus, outside of the true trolls, seeing the diversity of people "out there" - whom one wouldn't normally meet IRL, can be interesting. Sometimes exasperating, but interesting. ;-) IMO. Cathy That's not how this works. It's moderated in that if someone posts crap they get warned once and then kicked off if it happens again. The offending posts get deleted. There is more than one moderator usually, so the crap doesn't stay on the ng for long. It works quite well, actually. -L. I wouldn't have a problem with that at all. I've read one moderated group before where posts don't show up for a couple of days--I guess until the moderator had time to inspect every one of them. By the time the post showed up, people generally weren't that interested in pursuing the topic anymore. It was really sucky. But, yeah, if a new group gets set up, I'd give it a try. Sherry I have also heard that moderated group members can earn posting freedom after they demonstrate civility and maintain the decorum .... at the discretion of the moderators of course. |
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Alison wrote: Good idea. I've e.mailed you. I tried to reply but it bounced. I will try again later today. Have you thought about a free web based forum? I belong to several web based forums. You can have pinned threads so people can find info . It's easier and quicker to access a web forum where the posts are in threads. Alison Hummm....will look in to it. -L. |
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On Tue 28 Jun 2005 01:52:10a, -L. wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav roups.com): Cheryl wrote: After thinking more about it, I'd be for a moderated Usenet group, but only if it didn't discourage true debating. Exactly. Nothing wrong with a healthy debate. Name calling and the like I can do without. Debates that don't denigrate into flamewars. Something like rec.pets.cats.health+behav.moderated. Have a clear set of rules for posts that should be bounced, and not stray away from that just because of personality differences. I'd go for that. -- Cheryl The problem is that getting a Usenet group approved now is next to impossible - and getting servers to carry it is, as well. -L. I'll talk to some people. "rec" is in the big 8 hierarchy, so it's a little different and admittedly more difficult, but if approved, most if not all news servers automatically pick up the big 8. I think there's a clear need. -- Cheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message ... On Tue 28 Jun 2005 01:52:10a, -L. wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav roups.com): Cheryl wrote: After thinking more about it, I'd be for a moderated Usenet group, but only if it didn't discourage true debating. Exactly. Nothing wrong with a healthy debate. Name calling and the like I can do without. Debates that don't denigrate into flamewars. Something like rec.pets.cats.health+behav.moderated. Have a clear set of rules for posts that should be bounced, and not stray away from that just because of personality differences. I'd go for that. -- Cheryl The problem is that getting a Usenet group approved now is next to impossible - and getting servers to carry it is, as well. -L. I'll talk to some people. "rec" is in the big 8 hierarchy, so it's a little different and admittedly more difficult, but if approved, most if not all news servers automatically pick up the big 8. I think there's a clear need. There really is. We could lose a bunch of whiners. Good luck! |
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On Tue 28 Jun 2005 06:49:55p, Mary wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav ): I think there's a clear need. There really is. We could lose a bunch of whiners. Good luck! So we can count on your vote when/if it comes time for a RFV? That'd be how to make it work! -- Cheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message ... On Tue 28 Jun 2005 06:49:55p, Mary wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav ): I think there's a clear need. There really is. We could lose a bunch of whiners. Good luck! So we can count on your vote when/if it comes time for a RFV? That'd be how to make it work! You bet! But you know damned well they are not going to allow you to create another rec. group. Buzzard can (or knows some people who can) create an alt.group for you with no hassles at all. Then if enough people ask for it, servers will add it. No reason not to go for the rec. group, but perhaps an alternative plan. |
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