This would assume that posters know that someone is a moderator. It never occured to me that Anne is a moderator here.
Virgil Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: toki <[email protected]> Date: 2/1/17 2:21 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] in response ... On 02/01/2017 02:03 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> * If nobody else has responded 48 hours later, then, if able to do so, >> address the issue(s) in the message; > ... there is simply no legitimate reason that a moderator should have to > wait 48 hours before replying to a list message just because they The theory, supported by research, is that active moderator participation, results in a reduction in participation by list members, with the highest impact being amongst the low-frequency posters. >> One of the reasons that selecting good list moderators is difficult, is >> that the job, in essence, requires the moderator to stop participating >> in the list. > > Baloney. They can perform moderator duties with one hat, and participate with > another. Well, no. What happens when the moderator is an active participant on the list, is that their messages tend to be seen as "authoritative" by people who can browse list messages. One side effect, is that questioning information provided by the list moderator becomes difficult/awkward. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
