Yes, Kevin we all have our beliefs. Have you ever heard about throwing stone sitting in a glasshouse.
Best Regards , Lennart Thornros www.StrategicLeadershipSac.com [email protected] +1 916 436 1899 202 Granite Park Court, Lincoln CA 95648 “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” PJM On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Kevin O'Malley <[email protected]> wrote: > If only we could have ways of filtering out idiotic comments, then > Vortex-L would take off in terms of popularity. > > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Just a note to some of the newer Vorts who may be wondering how >> moderation works in Vortex. Vortex is moderated, but only very lightly. >> The list relies heavily upon the self-discipline of members to keep a >> courteous tone and to moderate the amount of their own contributions. >> Ideally the tone of the list would be that of academics at a Starbucks >> during the personal time of a conference -- polite, letting the >> conversation go where it will, not necessarily hewing to the rigor of the >> conference but at the same time avoiding issues that are contentious. This >> is just an ideal, and it is not always observed. Sometimes weeks or months >> can go by where a user or two will have their way with the forum, posting a >> string of flamebait and personal attacks and trying to wrench discussions >> in the direction of their own choosing. This strategy is obviously not an >> effective one for winning people to one's point of view. Almost invariably >> such people get tired of posting to Vortex, and those that don't will >> eventually be cleaned up by Bill Beaty when he gets around to it (it can >> take a while). In the meantime such individuals must be suffered. >> >> The best strategy to keep the signal to noise ratio high and to avoid >> getting caught up in arguments during such periods is filter out the emails >> of the problematic individuals. In Gmail, this can be done by setting up a >> filter. There are different options, and one is to have emails from >> certain email addresses automatically marked as "read," so that they do not >> grab your attention. If enough people do this, the people imposing on the >> list may get the hint and either moderate their participation or go away on >> their own. >> >> Eric >> >> >
