[Asterisk-Users] Should List be Moderated?

[John Todd]

Despite violating one of the items that Mark explicitly mentioned in 
his "reasons to moderate" post, I would say "Me too" on the 
discussion below.  I think a moderated list would be less valuable at 
the moment, and based on my experiences with other lists, this one is 
blessedly on-topic (though the IRC channel starts to look like the 
McLaughlin Group political noise-making too frequently for my 
tastes...)

JT


>  > In light of recent flame baits and advertisements sent to the list, I
>>  would like to seek opinions of list members on making the list moderated.
>
>I`m not against moderating if required, however I don`t think we should
>yet - for the following reasons:
>  1 - As of this point, pointless rants/abuse is minimum (ie moderated list
>not needed yet imho)
>  2 - Moderating slows down conversations (and sometimes things go missing)
>  3 - Moderating creates a bucket-load of work for people that would be
>better speant replying to posts and improving * (this is the killer for me)
>
>>  * Posts should not advertise products, especially not those unusuable
>>  under Asterisk
>I agree with the latter, but not the former.   That blanket ban would
>include a posting about a new product like the cheap hardware SIP phones
>being discussed atm for example - which would hinder the lists value.
>
>What I propose instead:
>  1 - Rule list with consequences easily available - and must be read before
>people sign up.   (Possibly emailed to the list every month or so, newsgroup
>style?)
>  2 - If rules violated, warnings provided by 'moderating team'
>  3 - If rules routinely violated, banning by 'moderating team'
>  4 - Mailing list non-moderated, direct mode as it currently is.
>  5 - Review this in say 6 months to see how it is working (ie if a fully
>moderated list is required)
>
>What do other people think?
>
>Cheers,
>Mathew
>
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