I hope that both of you will keep up the good work. It is invaluable.
On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 9:56:27 PM UTC+11 Andrew Lockley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've moderated this list since its inception, and now I'm also the list
> "owner". Others have historically joined this moderator role, but aren't
> presently active.
>
> Being a moderator does not give any special posting privileges or posting
> responsibilities. Contribution of stories to the list is separate, but many
> people think the two are linked ("please post this to the list" is a
> frequent request in my email).
>
> Moderation involves the following tasks.
> 1) removing members from moderation, so they can post instantly. This is
> presently done effectively by default for academics, and done typically for
> members of the public
> 2) approving individual posts for anyone who's moderated. This is done by
> default, as long as the content is relevant and non-trivial.
> 3) very occasionally reversing (1) for poor behaviour, and in extremis
> issuing permanent bans (only 1 or 2 bans for humans in the entire history
> of the group - eg for harvesting emails and spamming).
>
> As you can see from recent pointed personal criticism of my research on
> this list, I'm making no effort to misuse my moderator privileges to steer
> debate in my personal favour. I've actually been arguably more tolerant of
> ad hominem attacks on myself than I would be on others - having issued
> exactly zero warnings for recent posts. I hope list members value the
> service and trust its independence from my views and research.
>
> However, some people may seek a change to the status quo - for whatever
> reason. I'm happy to add more moderators, and potential also relinquish my
> day-to-day engagement in moderation, if that was felt desirable. I'm
> neither the world's best moderator nor the world's most respected
> geoengineering expert. A new moderator could be a researcher, or an
> independent administrator (eg Ayesha, who is paid to post new material to
> the list).
>
> I would also be amenable to discussing a change of list owner -
> essentially permanently removing me from any oversight of the group. This
> would be a big step, and could well have irreversible and very negative
> consequences, eg someone shutting down the list in a Trojan Horse attack.
>
> Feedback and volunteering offers are welcome.
>
> Andrew Lockley
>
>
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