Chris Hamilton
08-10-2004, 04:07 PM
Just a few notes about the moderation duties and rules and things. I have had
some people unhappy with my decision to reject a few posts. By "a few", I really
mean that literally, as there are relatively very few rejected for content. I
try to be fair in my decision, and if I want to reject a post, I will contact
David with this. I have been accused of being Sts, self-serving, power-crazy,
you name it:) But, the fact is, is that I am here to enforce the rules while
still being fair. I could delete posts without notifying David, but I don't do
that because my reasons for rejection may not be important for David. So, we
work together on this, and, hopefully, retain our purpose in studying Ra and
David's work. I have even reversed a decision on occasion, even after DW
concurred, so I really do try to be fair. Just being a moderator puts you in a
position where you have to judge an email as worthwhile or not in context of our
group's purpose, so many get mad at me simply because I have to do this. When I
do reject, I try to give precise reasons as to why, and these are in the reject
notification the poster will recieve back. If you do see a reject from Asc2k in
your Inbox, please just don't delete it, but open it and find out why I rejected
it:)
This brings me to basic processes that can make everyone's enjoyment of the site
better in technical terms. We all should have read the rules when we joined, and
they automatically post too. But, as courtesy to your group, when you send a
post, please delete as much of the post you are commenting on as possible and
still retain the original intent. Also take out the old ads on the bottom and
clean up whatever you can so others have an easier read. One other point is that
we do not accept attachments, so I believe font color as an option is also lost.
So, if you have made your remarks blue and the other person's black, all you
will see is black when it posts. This makes it difficult to tell who is saying
what, so my suggestion is to put initials in front of your remarks and who you
are talking to, like Gail did in her last post.
Thank you all for listening. Chris
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some people unhappy with my decision to reject a few posts. By "a few", I really
mean that literally, as there are relatively very few rejected for content. I
try to be fair in my decision, and if I want to reject a post, I will contact
David with this. I have been accused of being Sts, self-serving, power-crazy,
you name it:) But, the fact is, is that I am here to enforce the rules while
still being fair. I could delete posts without notifying David, but I don't do
that because my reasons for rejection may not be important for David. So, we
work together on this, and, hopefully, retain our purpose in studying Ra and
David's work. I have even reversed a decision on occasion, even after DW
concurred, so I really do try to be fair. Just being a moderator puts you in a
position where you have to judge an email as worthwhile or not in context of our
group's purpose, so many get mad at me simply because I have to do this. When I
do reject, I try to give precise reasons as to why, and these are in the reject
notification the poster will recieve back. If you do see a reject from Asc2k in
your Inbox, please just don't delete it, but open it and find out why I rejected
it:)
This brings me to basic processes that can make everyone's enjoyment of the site
better in technical terms. We all should have read the rules when we joined, and
they automatically post too. But, as courtesy to your group, when you send a
post, please delete as much of the post you are commenting on as possible and
still retain the original intent. Also take out the old ads on the bottom and
clean up whatever you can so others have an easier read. One other point is that
we do not accept attachments, so I believe font color as an option is also lost.
So, if you have made your remarks blue and the other person's black, all you
will see is black when it posts. This makes it difficult to tell who is saying
what, so my suggestion is to put initials in front of your remarks and who you
are talking to, like Gail did in her last post.
Thank you all for listening. Chris
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