[LCM Articles] List Guidelines

[Moderator]

Dear all,

Thank you for your valuable posts to this list. It has been really helpful in sharing interesting findings on the web and opinions
on a variety of matters relating to Lebanon. But given the exponential surge in volume of posts lately, many subscribers are
choosing to suspend their subscription and quit the list. As you may be well aware, the size of this distribution is in the order of
hundreds and not tens of subscribers. It consists mainly of LCM members, alumni, and friends of Lebanon and the club all over the
world.

To retain the quality and relevance of posts, it would be great if we all abide by the following guidelines when posting to this
list:

 

-         This is not a forum. Extended to-and-fro discussions soliciting input/responses from multiple individuals should be taken
to one of the many forums available online nowadays or conducted via personal email among the circle of those interested.

 

-         This is not a news alert service. Pure news reports/articles are strongly discouraged, as they add no value to the
subscriber. News eventually reaches everyone with or without the list. If timeliness is a concern, there are numerous news alert
services out there that can be customized to the specific interest(s) of their subscribers.

 

-         When sending a specific question/comment regarding a certain post, please contact the sender directly via personal email
outside the list (no CC/BCC is necessary).

 

-         Posts do not necessarily reflect the opinions of those who post them. One may post something he/she found very
controversial or blatantly wrong, for example, and worth the attention of the list. Responses should hence address the content
itself with no explicit presumptions about the sender and his/her intentions.

 

-         To the extent possible, please make explicitly clear whether a post is a personal contribution, forwarded, scraped off the
net, etc... Listing the source and/or providing a link to the content online would be very helpful.

 

-         If you intend to reach only the Lebanese students at MIT and members of the LCM, please post to lebanon-members at mit.edu
instead.

 

-         You can always share your post with the moderator at lebanon-owner at mit.edu beforehand for feedback or request that the
moderator posts it on your behalf.


The list archives are publicly available here:

http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/lebanon-articles/

 

You can fine-tune your subscription preferences here (to receive a daily digest of all posts, for instance):
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-articles

 

 

Thank you,
Moderator

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