Hmm, nice idea, but it might be a bit unfriendly to new users IMHO. Personally, my annoyance comes from scrolling through the list and seeing spam. The "small hammer" would be to simply delete those threads, which is very little work. My suspicion is, nothing more will be needed. So we could start with that and see how that works. WDYT?
Thanks for volunteering, BTW. *Martin, would you be okay *granting mod to xen? On Friday, November 12, 2021 at 10:29:39 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > I wouldn't mind being a moderator, this list is pretty low traffic. I > wonder if Martin would be open to having additional moderators. > > I also wonder if forcing non-members to go through moderation directly > (i.e. making someone approve their emails) would help limit the spam on > this list. If someone really needs to post on the list who isn't a spammer, > they could always join the group first. > > Thoughts? > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 3:41 PM Bman Q <[email protected]> wrote: > >> +1 to this and kudos to Red for taking action / creating thread. >> I mark spam when i see it, but Red is right that ideally someone beside >> Martin should have ability to delete it. >> On Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 11:41:57 PM UTC-4 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> The last 5 out of 10 threads on this group have been spam, so I thought >>> I'd post this link: >>> >>> https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9792297?hl=en >>> >>> *Summary:* >>> >>> - Anyone can mark spam, and it (presumably) helps Google filters. >>> *"Content >>> you mark as spam is hidden from your view. It isn’t hidden for other >>> group >>> members, however. "* >>> - Moderators can delete spam from the group. Martin, are there >>> others besides you who are moderators? If so, it'd be great if one or >>> two >>> such folks volunteer to delete spam. I'm happy to do so, though someone >>> who checks this group more frequently and regularly would be a better >>> fit. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Beancount" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/e06b6178-d8f3-4aec-9066-2b23730f5510n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/e06b6178-d8f3-4aec-9066-2b23730f5510n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/177fabc0-b847-4cbe-b704-a7c9d1580615n%40googlegroups.com.
