Rick, 50 posts a week obviously is too permissive and is too destructive of the open FFL discussion culture. ie, 'this group has long maintained a thoughtful and considerate tone'
How 'bout taking it back down towards 30. 4 or 5 posts a day on average is plenty most of the time. 40 a week and then the hook. Would help make it towards a privilege and not an entitlement membership. 50 is obviously too permissive unless in time of a national or community emergency. Jai the FFL forum, -Doug in FF --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/159424 > > > Guidelines File 11/18/07 1) This group has long maintained a thoughtful and considerate tone. Please refrain from personal attacks, insults and excessive venting. "Speak the truth that is sweet" is a worthy aspiration. If angry, take some time to gain composure before writing or pushing the send button. > > Fairfield Life used to average 75-150 posts a day - 300+ on peak days - and the guidelines included steps on how to deal with the volume. But this volume was due largely to indiscriminate posting by a few members. We now have a policy that limits all members to 50 posts a week. Most participants feel this policy has greatly enhanced the quality of the forum. Members are responsible for counting and restricting their own posts. Those who exceed their weekly quota will be banned without warning for a week (2nd offense, 2 weeks, etc.). > > Point 1, below, includes the following: "Please refrain from personal attacks, insults..." Since a few members habitually ignore this guideline, we're going to try putting some teeth in it. Those who can't refrain from "flaming" (personal attacks) or indulge in gratuitous profanity or sexist, racist, etc. slurs will be warned, then if they persist, will be banned for a week, 2nd offense 2 weeks, etc. > > ------------------ > > You can also read FFL posts at http://www.mail- archive.com/fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com/. Some say this is faster than the Yahoo groups interface, and prefer it because it allows sorting by thread and has a better search function. > > ------------------ > > Check out http://www.frappr.com/fairfieldlife and add yourself if you feel like it. > > ------------------ > > 1) This group has long maintained a thoughtful and considerate tone. Please refrain from personal attacks, insults and excessive venting. "Speak the truth that is sweet" is a worthy aspiration. If angry, take some time to gain composure before writing or pushing the send button. > > 2) Edit your posts and make them as concise and non-repetitive as possible. > > 3) Please "snip" - be highly selective in quoting a message to which you are responding, deleting all but the most relevant portions of the prior posts. This makes the daily digest easier to read for those who subscribe to it. Also, if the topic of a thread changes, please change the subject header. If you don't, someone with moderator status will delete your post and post its content in a new post with an accurate header. > > 4) Try to make clear to the reader if you are writing from the perspective of personal experience, from information gained from teachers or books, from your own thoughts, reasoning, logic or conjecture. Please cite sources where relevant. > > 5) Reference prior posts by their archive number whenever possible. > > 6) Anonymous posts are permitted, using an account you create. > > 7) FFL is a newsgroup public forum. FFL can be openly read from the web. Posting privileges are through membership only. Material published to FFL is not privileged or protected by law. Material published to FFL might be quoted and used elsewhere. > > 8) Make cross-posts from other sites only as they are relevant to this group. If you think another site has great value, write one post saying so, then let others join or go to that site on their own, at their discretion. > > 9) Only post links to other sites that are relevant references to the specific discussion at hand. > > 10) While friendly exchange between friends is natural, try to pass on personal messages via personal e-mail, refraining where possible from sending personal messages to the whole list. > > 11) Feel to invite your friends to join FFL, and to use the site's Promote feature on your websites. The broader the personal network, the greater the value to all. Friends may now access the posts of FFL directly off the home page without having to join the list. > > 12) Please don't post commercial announcements in the main message area. Folders have been set up in the Database, Links and Files sections for listing books, CDs, DVDs and other items for trade, a Fairfield ride board, local events, hiring/looking for work announcements, informative articles, useful links, etc. Also check http://fairfieldtoday.com/. > > 13) Political discussions are allowed. However, be kind and respectful of others' viewpoints. Come with a humble heart, an open mind, and the desire to contribute constructively to everyone's broader awareness. > > 14) Keep in mind that many FFL members desire to maintain anonymity. If you happen to know a member's real name, perhaps because that member has mentioned it in a post or two, or just to you privately, please refer to that member only by their pseudonym. > > 15) If you want to make suggestions for the refinement of these guidelines, please post them in the forum. >
