I've had a post disallowed because the moderator (Ben) decided it was a worthy post, it just wouldn't go anywhere.
> I understand your rant here, but I don't feel that it is going to go > anywhere... I'm going to disallow it. If you'd like to send it personally to the poster then please feel free. I guess I don't fit into the 'dodgy character from the past' just yet, so in general terms, should the moderator disallow posts because how they feel others will perceive it. This gives the moderator a somewhat powerful position to make assumptions on how the group will react to the post. Shouldn't the group determine the worthiness of a post based on the collective responses from the group? I'm all for moderating posts that are SPAM, irrelevant, rude, abusive, but where does the moderate draw the line, too much control will defeat one of the reasons this group was set up, to have freedom to share ideas, thought, opinions with like minded RoR enthusiasts. What do others think? And finally will my rant in this post be disallowed? Thanks Brian Chiha ________________________________ From: rails-oceania@googlegroups.com [mailto:rails-oceania@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Schwarz Sent: Wednesday, 26 January 2011 4:34 PM To: rails-oceania@googlegroups.com Subject: [rails-oceania] Re: Do we really need every post to be moderated? Hey Mike, Posts by new users are moderated. Posts by dodgy characters from the past are moderated. Posts that google think are spam are moderated. As for regular members (thats you!), they're not moderated at all. Your last post didn't hit the moderation queue as far as I'm aware... did you see a delay on it? Cheers, Ben On Wednesday, 26 January 2011 at 4:32 PM, Mike Bailey wrote: The 'moderate first post from new user' is enough to stop SPAM. It's overkill to have every post by group members waiting for approval. It causes unnecessary delays. I don't think we need this level of censorship. Any seconders? - Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com<mailto:rails-oceania@googlegroups.com>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. ________________________________ This email is intended for the use of the individual or entity it is addressed to and may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged, commercially sensitive, or protected by copyright. If it contains financial product advice, the advice is of a general nature and you will need to determine how appropriate it is for you. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the original message. While this mail and any attachments have been scanned for common computer viruses and found to be virus free, we recommend that you perform your own virus checks before opening any attachments. ______________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scrubbed for your protection by SMX. For more information visit http://smxemail.com ______________________________________________________________________________ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
