Hi, While I don’t disagree with the sentiment of this eMail, I do feel that action beyond the “Delete” key is necessary. If I was very new to the list, or possibly surfing the posts on the web trying to determine if I’d like to join this community, vulgar, insulting and disrespectful posts such as these would likely deter me from joining. We are a community of users assisting and being assisted by each other and those sorts of attacks have no place in our community. Pressing the “Delete” key shields ourselves but not the community. Evaluating or judging how others react to these posts is unnecessary. Action should be taken for the benefit of the community.
I’ve been on this list pretty well since its inception and the various moderators do usually take action. There could be a multitude of reasons why things weren’t dealt with promptly yesterday, but I’m sure that they will be dealt with real soon. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 29, 2015, at 08:49, The Believer <[email protected]> wrote: How easily some people allow themselves to be manipulated via emails! I can only imagine what real life does to you. Some of you contimue to validate this twerp by pressing the reply button instead of the delete button. It amazes me how much power this little inconsequential "it" has over many of you. >From The Believer. . . By way of the Chariots of the Gods cameth the Aliens who dwelt amongst the humans, and bringeth much knowledge. On 3/29/2015 3:11 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hello all, > > One thing that yesterday's events have made abundantly clear, is that this > list is no longer being moderated. This surprises me quite a bit, because in > the early days of MacVisionaries, Cara was an extremely diligent moderator. > I know she took on at least one co-mod a while back, but I don't remember who > that was, and that person doesn't seem to be around either. While I'm not a > big believer in heavy moderation, I do think that there at least needs to be > someone paying some attention so that when morons like Mario get loose, they > can be removed from the list. I will therefore offer to create an alternate > list, which I--and hopefully one co-mod will moderate, at least to the extent > of managing subscriptions and dealing with bad behavior. However, I don't > want to do this unless it is something that the majority of the community > wants. Please let me know if you would like an alternate moderated list, and > also if you have any wish to co-mod with me. Please note that even a low level of modding is a fair amount of work, so please don't offer unless you're willing and able to put in the time. My hope is that if there are two of us, we can set things up so the work isn't too much for either one of us. > Thanks, > Donna > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
