[Sigia-l] moderation (of various sorts)

[Patrick Neeman]

I run a message board, and agree with George. We have a very light moderation policy, and for the most part, once we laid down the
laws, the users pretty much policied themselves. This is all in the face of even having a bunch of F'd Company trolls constantly
visiting.

The silent treatment, or encouraging self policing, is the best way.

P@

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On Behalf Of
> George Olsen
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 1:25 PM
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] moderation (of various sorts)
>
>
> I agree with Peter. CHI-Web lacks the vibrancy we have here. What disturbs
> me is we've lost the respectfulness that characterized earlier fairly
> intense debates.
>
> I've run mailing lists before and unfortunately they do tend to attract
> the ocassional attention-getter, whose presence can be quite disruptive
> (and even brought down a mailing list or two as people decided they didn't
> want to deal with the hassles).
>
> The question is how to best deal with it.
>
> Moderation is a pain and in my experience tends to hurt the list
> discussions. Banning members who repeatedly violate list rules can be
> effective but brings on charges of censorship.
>
> Consequently, I agree with Peter and Ziya that the silent treatment is
> usually the most effective. Afterall, it takes two to flame.
>
> If you find someone disruptive, just set up a mail filter to screen out
> their posts. Someone throwing a tantrum to an empty house will eventually
> get bored and leave.
>
>
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