[LCM Articles] Re. List Moderation

[Loai Naamani]

Dear all,

Thank you for your valuable posts to this list. In regards to the "What is wrong with you people??" thread, kindly revert to personal email to continue this discussion, as it no longer relates to a specific article or the 'LCM Articles' mailing list's general purpose. Feel free to CC/BCC individuals and list members while excluding the lebanon-articles at mit.edu.

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 many hundreds and not tens of subscribers. It consists mainly of LCM members, alumni, and friends of Lebanon and the club all over the world. This may be a good time to reiterate the guidelines adopted by the list to retain the quality and relevance of posts to LCM Articles:
-         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. (We recommend using this list to use this list to share creative/original/premium/paid content, editorials, blogs, etc.)

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

-         Please note that there is a separate LCM list created for the purpose of discussions: lebanon-discussions at mit.edu is accessible at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-discussions. List subscribers have expressed interest in receiving and partaking in discussions spun off other LCM list posts.

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Thank you,
L.


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Loai Naamani
President, Lebanese Club @ MIT
http://web.mit.edu/lebanon
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