On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Elaine Ashton <[email protected]> wrote: > ...because people don't want to subscribe, don't want to wait for > moderation, etc. and complain bitterly that the lists are now broken.
Listen to the "customer requirements" that are being articulated here: The requirement that one be subscribed to an alias in order to post to it doesn't work for some significant portion of our extended community. The ARC world is one recurring example, as are the occasional anti-silo efforts by various people to cross-pollinate their ideas across similar sub-communities. The requirement that each alias be individually managed and individually moderated means that the admin effort doesn't scale and that there is no real hope of consistency and standardization across the board. The requirement that mailing list management be distinct and disconnected from the website "Leadership" designation /and/ the poll.os.o designation of Core Contributor means that nobody really knows who is in charge, who is moderating, who can fix problems, or even who to talk to to offer to help. The whole mailinglist/jive/archive setup quagmire is a black hole of magic, frustration and discontent, yet it lives on and on and on without any apparent way for any of us (moderators, users, leaders...) to address the problems it presents. -John _______________________________________________ website-discuss mailing list [email protected]
