On 6/3/05, Miriam Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Skyring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'm a moderator on this list, and if someone lets me > > know a persistent offender, I can have a word in > their shell-like ear > .... > > There are so many 'offenders' and I didn't want to be > emailing you and making it 'personal'. Now I know you > can and will take the action you described I will hold > you accountable to your words and I will take the > 'appropriate and socially acceptable way' of solving > this problem even though i have tried it before! I > usually try hard not to thrust myself into the 'leper > and black sheep of the colony' role so I will take it > to the moderators now I know they will take action.
Thanks to all! BookCrossing is a community enterprise and we rely on the members to do the right thing in a considerate manner. In comparison to a lot of other online communities, BookCrossing is about as perfect as you can get. This list gets the occasional spam, but that's about it, really. We went to moderating new members a while back, and the spammers now get caught before anyone else sees their stuff. There are four moderaters on this list and we cover each other's time zones reasonably efficiently. I identify legitimate BookCrossers on their first appearance and set them to post freely, as per existing members. Occasionally I might have a little trouble with someone who joins up to promote a book or a site and it isn't immediately clear that they are here to discuss BookCrossing. What this means is that I don't get a chance to edit the posts of members before they go out to all other members. I can trim excess material off their posts, but by the time I get to them, it's too late. Possibly this would have an effect on digests, but I don't know. However, although it might seem like a trivial detail, the fact is that when members don't trim their posts it can get extremely frustrating to have to scroll past the same material many times each day. Most of the time those members who are just hitting the [Reply] button don't realise the inconvenience they are causing to others. I really don't want to play the heavy-handed list policeman, and I'm sure none of the other moderators, with the possible exception of Jason, are keen on this either. So everyone, please take a look down at the bottom of your posts, and a little bit of judicious trimming before hitting [Send] will go a long way towards community harmony. -- Peter in Canberra ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
