Now, hold on there..... I didn't say it was a dictatorship. My problem is that for the most part, I don't _care enough_ to get all riled up. If someone asks for a house, so be it. If someone sends an email to a poster that says, "get a job" said poster should get a thicker skin and use the delete key.
Of course, I am overruled by my fellow mods, and all sorts of "You will be put on moderation!" warnings get sent out. I'm a very hands off mod, for the most part. I send little reminders to individuals that do stupid shit (posting in all caps, asking for the same thing three times in one day, etc.) But, I've yet to give a moderation threat. On 7/5/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh yea, we get some crazy ones too. Like a "house or some land to build > on". WTF? > > If I ran this thing, I'd be like Deanna. It would be a dictatorship. > But, then again, I guess that is why I ain't running one myself! :) > > Matthew Small wrote: > > People really do ask for some dumb stuff. > > > > Wanted: boat > > > > I'm just sayin... a boat? Me too. I think I'll ask for a free cruise to > > Acapulco while I'm at it. > > > > > > Matthew Small > > Web Developer > > American City Business Journals > > 704-973-1045 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:48 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: thank you freecycle! > > > > People get mad at me when they ask for silly things like an orange > > peeler (those pencil looking things), and I send them to eBay where they > > can buy a pack of 10 for 38 cents. I got a similar response: "I can't > > afford THAT, that why I am asking for one for free!". > > > > 38 cents? please! And shipping was less than a buck, too. > > > > Deanna Schneider wrote: > > > >>I'm a mod on our freecycle group, too. We've got about 3500 members > >>and get between 100 and 300 messages a day. It's interesting to see > >>what gets everyone's undies in a bunch around here. Man, some people > >>are uptight! > >> > >>But, mostly it's a pretty easy job. I don't want to be promoted to > >>owner, though. I'm not as...um....diplomatic as I would need to be to > >>be an owner. I've already thoroughly pissed one person off for > >>reminding her not to reply to the whole list. Apparently, I was > >>completely degrading by saying, "Please remember to reply only to the > >>poster, and not to the whole list." (Of course she would NEVER do it > >>on PURPOSE what kind of IDIOT do I think she is?) > >> > >> > >>On 7/2/05, Erika L Walker-Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>W00t! Way to go! > >>>So - since I joined our local county group - I was ask to help moderate > >>>for a while - and now I've been promoted to owner! W00t! > >>> > >>>We've got around 650 members too. Freecycle is awesome! > >>> > >>>No more feeling guilty about throwing things out too... When I cleaned > >>>recently I got rid of a bunch of stuff I just really didn't need AND I > >>>found new homes for our old cell phones. > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >>>Erika > >>> > >>>##| -----Original Message----- > >>>##| From: Ray Champagne > >>>##| > >>>##| Sweet, just picked me up a snowblower! No more > >>>##| backbreaking shoveling > >>>##| this winter. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=60 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162847 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
