James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
I would rather live with OT pain than go to moderation.
SS and JHRIV were brainstorming (in -kooler, OT ;-) for there, I
suppose) a bit about ways to fairly throttle back on selected threads.
And RS suggested something like auto-switching from -list to -kooler,
which also sounds interesting. To me, that is the most appealing, if a
mechanism could be devised that doesn't take much management effort.
That would be especially nice if it would move the entire thread over,
even in the archives. Anyone responding to the -list (to an email that
came from there) will have their email automatically rerouted, but the
kplug mail server should send a notice directly to that person to notify
him of the rerouting.
But there would need to be a mechanism for bringing a branch of that
thread back to the -list if it veers back on topic, or perhaps just
selected emails from that branch since quoting is bound to leave stuff
which may still get replies fit for -kooler.
Maybe a moderators list who don't actually moderate emails waiting in a
queue, but rather moderators who have the power to move an entire thread
(or a branch, or a solitary email), after the fact, from one list to
another, including the archives.
The technical part would be the automatic rerouting of responses.
Either of those ideas also requires some human trigger, but it might be
a lot less effort (and risk of list-flow disruption) than moderation. It
might be amenable to shared responsibility, and even community request,
though.
Ummmm, perhaps I just said the same thing... (It's similar anyway.)
I think that throttling back (adding a delay to hot messages) might well
cool some tempers, but wouldn't help in part of what we saw on this
thread, namely, someone doing heavy but delayed FIFO posting (perhaps by
virtue of dial-up access or ..) will not be much impacted by added delay.
The "Derailleur" approach sounds most promising to me. A notice of the
switch can be posted to -list, and as someone remarked, interested
parties who are unwilling to subscribe to (or examine archives of)
-kooler is not the concern of the poster.
Regards,
..jim
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