Bill,
The other solution is to keep it open but remove gross offenders.
Edgar
On Sep 2, 2008, at 8:51 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Cynthia,
The only thing that can be done to stop the flaming is to turn this
forum into a fully moderated forum in which the moderator - Al -
reads and approves postings before allowing them on the forum. Al
could also probably block some contributors, but they could get
around this very easily by just registering as a different name.
A fully moderated forum has a lot of drawbacks:
- it's a LOT OF WORK for the moderator
- it slows down posting exchanges
- it gives the power of censorship to the moderator - which in this
case is Al, whom I'm comfortable with, but it's always a bone of
contention
- there are probably more drawbacks that I haven't thought of...
I think it would be better to keep the forum open and just censor
the postings yourself - by using your delete key.
Also, and maybe the best suggestion, is we could all help reduce
the flaming by not responding to flames - which I am guilty of. I
do that because flaming doesn't bother me. Not responding would
reduce the reason to flame because there would be no indignant
reaction to fuel the flames.
What does everyone else think?
Al, this topic keeps coming up. What do you think?
...Bill!
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Cynthia-Graphic Significance Music
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:55 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Zen] Sick of Flaming
I just want the flaming to stop. How can we get that crap off the
group?
Cynthia
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