Hi! I just wanted to say I encourage moderation. I have been moderator of open web groups myself and the amount of spam that slips into the forums can be quite annoying. Therefore I appreciate that some people have taken upon themselves to make this an on topic, neat and clean forum.
Thanks! Daniel On Dec 18, 9:11 am, Jonathan Endersby <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi H > > Thanks for your email. > > I'm sure I speak for all the directors when I say that we welcome > public participation and accountability. I'm not quite sure what > exactly is "confirming your suspicion". I explained in my reply to > Jason why the moderation is in place and clearly explained that the > moderation is not censorship in any shape or form. If you have > something to say about Obsid, positive or negative, your post will be > let through. > > You are right in saying that the current discussions involve a small > number of people (110 members in the Obsid chat group), which is why > we're actively trying to get more people to sign up and join in the > discussion. I note that you're not subscribed. The Obsid.org.za > website and the latest issue of Obs Life explain how to subscribe. > (The short version is go tohttp://groups.google.com/group/obsid-chat > and subscribe) > > I look forward to your input on Obsid-chat. > > Regards > Jonathan Endersby. > > 2009/12/18 H Schultz <[email protected]>: > > > > > This confirms my concern about the Obs Improvement District - It needs > > to involve greater numbers of people in discussion. At present the > > web based discussions involve very few people. This is acceptable in > > a voluntary group but not in an entity which uses our money. > > > Communication needs to be informative to promote accountability to > > those of us who are subject to the charges, whether we are part of the > > organisation or not. > > > On Dec 17, 2:54 pm, Jonathan Endersby <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All > > >> (I'm posting this here as a response to the public message, but will > >> post it to the Obsid group too) > > >> As the person who set up the group and manages the security settings, > >> I can safely tell you that the reason for setting the group to > >> "moderate all" is twofold. > > >> As Trevor says, the first priority is to make sure that posts are > >> on-topic. It is of utmost importance that we don't irritate our > >> subscribers with off topic posts as this will completely undermine the > >> value of the group as people unsubscribe. > > >> Secondly, although one would think that a less draconian approach, > >> like setting it to only moderate new members, would work, the > >> unfortunate reality is that this approach failed a few weeks ago with > >> a rather, err, "colourful" email getting through from a member who had > >> just joined that morning. > > >> I can assure you that the moderators will not censor anything > >> critical, or bar anyone from posting as long as their post is about > >> the Obsid. > > >> Ultimately this approach has been taken to improve the quality of the > >> communications for all users. > > >> Regards > >> Jonathan Endersby. > > >> 2009/12/17 Trevor Hughes <[email protected]>: > > >> > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Jason <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I've just joined the above group & have seen that any posts have first > >> >> to be approved by the moderators before being posted. I find this > >> >> disquieting, & am wondering what the criteria are for a post's being > >> >> approved on rejected? > > >> > Pretty much topic basically. If you post to this group looking for a > >> > lost dog your post will not be approved > > >> >> Considering we are all paying for the ID, it seems logical we have > >> >> ownership of it, & so should be able to discuss freely in an open > >> >> forum. This whole initiative is supposed to be democratic, right? Why > >> >> then can we not post freely according to our own conscience, as rate- > >> >> paying residents? > > >> > You may and you may criticize and discuss to your hearts content as > >> > long as it is relevant to the cid. So if you post an email asking a > >> > question that does not relate to the CID your post most likely will be > >> > denied. We do not have any hard and fast rules, I am not sure . > > >> > There are 3 or 4 moderators and who ever gets to the message waiting > >> > in moderation first deals with it. I guess if it were some very > >> > sensitive decision to be made colloboration between moderators could > >> > happen > > >> > This also stops spam from arriving in the group. > > >> > I hope this helps > > >> > I see there is another message from you in the moderation queue asking > >> > the same question. I will leave it there as I don't think this thread > >> > is covering it. Perhaps one of the other mods will think differently - > >> > note I have not deleted it just left it in the queue! > > >> > I just checked the settings and even all the moderators are set for > >> > moderation! Including myself. > > >> > And for the other mods - perhaps moderation should only be set for new > >> > members or members can be moderated if they post off topic too often > > >> > Trev > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > [email protected] > >> > For more options, visit this group > >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en > > >> -- > >> Jonathan Endersby > >> +27 82 4143129www.arbitraryuser.com-Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en > > -- > Jonathan Endersby > +27 82 4143129www.arbitraryuser.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. 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