[Tango-L] Back in business

[Michael]

I know new members add themselves to the list and receive messages
immediately. However, they can't immediately post to the list. The moderator
has to take them off moderation.

 

[Administrator hat off]

Hmm, do I even want to get into this? Perhaps we should know where you were
before. ;-)

 

Are you referring to me? I moved, got a new ISP and email address and was
locked out of posting.

 

Michael

Came home to New York where the Argentine Tango is better

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Shahrukh Merchant
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 7:29 PM



> Before the list comes back into business, we need to have a conversation
about moderation. I don't have statistics but I'm guessing 5% of the old
list caused 80% of the problems, e.g. flames and ad hominem attacks.

 

Oh, that was going to be part of my Part 2 for tomorrow, but don't let that
stop the rest of you from opining meanwhile ...

 

> Then there was the problem that new members couldn't join unless their
first message was approved. Without approval, their message stayed in
moderation status and was never posted.

 

Actually, it doesn't work like that at all. Anyone can join (they get an
auto-confirm message to click to confirm their email address like anything
else you join with an email address). Their first posts are moderated, as
with almost all fora, mostly to catch spammers, and secondarily to catch
newbie mistakes. (Those put back on moderation for misbehaviour are few and
far between, probably more like 0.5%, though there are some "defensive"
cases where someone's email address got hacked and started sending auto-spam
to their address book including the

list.)

 

> Unfortunately, it all fell on Shahrukh. He needs to staff to monitor
messages and add new members. Otherwise, Tango L will burn again.

 

There is no "staff." New members don't need to be added manually--they add
themselves. Moderation can take as little or as much time as the moderator
wishes (more on that tomorrow).

 

> Came home to New York where the Argentine Tango is better

 

[Administrator hat off]

Hmm, do I even want to get into this? Perhaps we should know where you were
before. ;-)

 

Shahrukh