I don't advocate moderating even one post ever. I don't advocate anything for your group. But if it were my group, I would kick out someone who adds nothing and makes an annoyance of himself.
But since it is not my group, I will retreat to the corner and say no more on this subject. I am properly rebuked. Bruce On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Scott Burns <[email protected]> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: MoPo List On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 8:27 AM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Wake Up, Dummies > > [snip...] > > Maybe, just maybe, there is a connection with why MoPo still has only a few > hundred members after 10 years (less than it had 7 or 8 years ago), and the > fact that it is unmoderated and "anything goes". Personally, I like to go > to > places where I won't be subjected to people who lack any sense of decorum, > but hey, that's just me, and the rules are the rules. I just notice that > lots of the people I would like to hear from regularly, like Kirby, or > Tony, > or Ken, or Joe Burtis or so many others (people with a huge knowledge about > the hobby) hardly ever or never post (and maybe 20 people DO regularly > post) > and I wonder if there isn't a connection to that as well. > > There's no need to debate whether rodxmorgan has the freedom to say > anything > he wants to in a crowded theater, because this theater sure ain't crowded. > ----------------------------------------------- > > Oh, please... > > Blaming the lack of censorship (even if you dress it up and call it > "moderation") as the cause for MoPo's "decline" is bunk. > > I firmly believe that having to approve every single post to a discussion > group is not healthy and does nothing more than kill a group's spirit. If > you encounter people who post messages that disturb, offend, upset, make no > sense, conflict with your own personal agenda, or generally tick you off, > then please, use that blasted delete key or filter that person from your > inbox. Why is that such a difficult concept? Why do I have to say it again? > > Ask the founders of NSFGE, another poster discussion forum, how their > "anything goes" group came to be created. Longtime MoPo'ers should recall > Style-B and the fun times we all had during the controversy that led to > it's > founding a few years back. Censorship, whether real or simply perceived, is > NOT a good thing for the group dynamic. I want to decide for myself what I > want to read. I don't want someone else making that decision for me! > Having > ground rules about being civil is one thing, but you would think such > "rules" would be unnecessary when dealing with adults. Sadly, that's > untrue. > > Dealing with people who "lack any sense of decorum" is a part of life, both > online and in the real world. I would think most of us have been alive long > enough to develop some coping skills. There's no such thing as a perfect > discussion group....unless it consists of 1 subscriber...but then the > discussion gets a little boring. > > For the record, the largest subscriber number ever reached was 500. We > have > been holding steady at just under 400 for the last couple of years. We may > not have thousands of "registered users" (as some web-based discussion > forums claim), but we do have nearly 400 people genuinely interested in > this > hobby...whether all of them post or not. > > It's so easy to say moderating posts would make MoPo better...what it would > really do is make it sanitized. Do we really want that? > > Scott > MoPo List Owner > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
