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RFD: rec.pets.cats.breeds
On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 07:01:57 -0700, Misty9999
wrote: Obviously , you are not familiar with the cat groups. I rarely bother with them anymore. Check out rec.pets.cats.health+behav.They have flamefests that would put an Outlaw Biker's group to shame. The only way such a group would succeed is if it was moderated. Most of the people in the cat groups are involved in pet rescue. They hate breeders. They feel that every purebred cat means one less home for their shelter cats. Just owning a purebred cat can get you flamed. Most people who own purebred cats also own shelter cats. That won't matter to the rescue people. I can assure you that you will get incessant posts about " Those irresponsible Breeders" " Those selfish purebred cat owners " and on and on. Moderation is extremely time consuming. You might want to read: http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/faqs/mod-pitfalls.html http://www.swcp.com/~dmckeon/mod-faq.html http://www.landfield.com/moderators/ In most cases moderation is unnecessary if the users have some self control. That means one never responds to a troll or a flame.. not even once. One ignores it completely and also ignores anyone who can't refrain from answering. It doesn't matter how witty your response or how offended you were by a personal attack. Don't answer! It just irritates the group to the point where they stop reading your messages as well. Filter out the flamers. I've been reading the rec.pets.cats groups since 1995. A kill filter does wonders for the readability as well as for your blood pressure. I would add to the charter, "Rational discussions are encouraged, personal attacks and flame-wars are strongly discouraged." I'm going to crosspost this to news.groups and rpc.health+behav. Discussion on an RFD has to be posted to news.groups, but the rpc members must be brought in if the proposal is to get enough votes to pass. Members of news.groups may comment on the RFD, but they will not vote for a group they don't use. Most proposals fail because the proponent didn't promote the new group to the possible voters. BarB |
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