On 8/17/06, Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a busy person - which process is easier? I've been harking > YahooGroups for a long time to give us moderators a web client to better > manage our groups without the painful interaction of using their > website. By "web client", I mean an application that I can put on my > desktop and, when I start it, it jumps straight to the moderation queue > and thus would make it easy to moderate messages for YahooGroups. I've > occasionally thought about making this myself and extracting information > from YahooGroups pages, but it seems like a ton of work for little > reward and Yahoo does funky things like inject ads at random times. I'd > need the love and support of the other moderators on the list to make > this project worthwhile - and, even then, it would need significant work > to perform better than the website. That is, the moderators here need > to tell me that you would use such an app. as well. I know Paul has > other groups he moderates. I'd even make it easy for me to hit a "ban" > button from the moderation queue to ban the spammers without logging in. > > BTW, the "love and support" thing just means you'd love an application > like that - sending me flowers or digital hugs is _NOT_ what I meant. > Digital hugs = major bleh.
I would be into something like this... I moderate quite a few lists and something like this would be dreadfully useful. Where do we start? :-) > Anyway, Brett, I don't know how you are getting IMs from people, but > that shouldn't be happening. I've never received an IM from a c-prog > member and if I ever do, I would tell that person to send their request > to the list. Forwarding the person to the list is the best thing you > can do. Source code and IM don't mix. Been there, done that. IMs > interrupt the flow of thinking and you're probably busy on something > important at the moment an IM comes in. I generally tell people I'm > busy and I'll talk to them later, which is probably why my "Buddy" list > is nice and short. My IM accounts (I've got 4) are primarily for > business and for my personal account, most people figure out that I'll > talk to them when I am free for a few minutes. Yep, I generally redirect them to the list and encourage them to keep the discussion there. My YIM is primarily for work, with the exception of a few personal contacts. Oddly enough, the profile I use for YahooGroups doesn't have an Instant Messenger ID associated with it... which makes it even more annoying when someone still tracks me down. *grumble* > The verdict: > > Moderators are now free to reject messages as long as there is an > associated explanation of at least one sentence. So, for homework > problems, you can use something simple like "Homework-style questions > require source code attempts before being accepted." Or, for those who > hate typing boring, canned replies, "Got homework questions? Include > attempts at solving them." Or for those who hate typing, "Show your > attempts." Or, if you want to be rude and get yelled at by me, "Dude. > Show some effort." I think the esr list of 'how to ask questions' link is useful to send, too... although I imagine many won't bother to read regardless, or think it doesn't apply to them. -- Brett McCoy: Programmer by Day, Guitarist by Night http://www.alhazred.com http://www.cassandrasyndrome.com http://www.revelmoon.com To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/ <*> 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/
