Moderate the list?

[Richard Oliver Snelson]

Hello Jon, If you my other post. You with see a suggestion for moderator
actions. He does not censor, or filter.. Only works behind the scene.
Give suggestions to individuals to not send off topic posts. Has  the
ability to remove someone that insists on continuing doing so. 

Rich

Jon Page wrote:
> 
> Consider the time lag a moderator would induce. How many times have
> you read a post
> in which someone desperately needed info and received multiple replies
> within a few
> hours, not the next day...or two.
> 
> Can you imagine what a chore it would be to censor the list? The hours
> per day
> dedicated to weeding out the 'undesirable' posts?  (x)hr/day X $$ /
> subscribers = sub. fee.
> Administration of money owed and the membership would be another job
> for someone.
> Who has that kind of time to take away from their piano business. I
> find the paperwork
> for myself to be bothersome.
> 
> This list originated as a network for College and University
> Technicians (CAUT).
> Slowly, traffic increased as other technicians discovered its
> convenience and soon
> the list became too busy for the CAUT, much the same circumstances as
> happening now. So CAUT moved to their separate list leaving pianotech
> for the
> international forum into which it has grown. Much obliged.
> 
> For those desiring the idle banter there is MPT@talklist.com; there,
> the occasional
> piano post does appear.  Then again, some find the MPTlist to be too
> social and not
> enough technical. It's like sandwiches, you can only eat so much all
> beef, you need
> to balance it off with baloney  ;-)    Pianotech is the beef : MPTlist
> is the baloney;
> restaurant : deli;   lunch counter : hot dog stand.   I'll have mine
> with chili and cheese.
> 
> Don't let the baloney clog your archives, post appropriately.
> 
> Jon Page
> 
> At 05:28 PM 12/18/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> 
> > Friends,
> >
> > Forgive my ignorance, but what would a moderator actually do?  I
> > have
> > this
> > perception that a moderator would read every post and forward to the
> > list only
> > those deemed of general interest.
> >
> > Potentially every one of us could get steamed about that, because
> > something *we* thought was of general interest was kicked out by the
> > *big boss.*  What form of government would that most resemble?
> > Certainly
> > not democracy.
> >
> > Maybe we are having growing pains.  How many people subscribe to the
> > list now, compared with maybe two years ago?
> >
> > I favor moderating ourselves.  It would take some energy, but if you
> > feel a post should not be on the list, just send a private message,
> > probably only a single sentence, to the sender.  Maybe "Please send
> > such
> > messages privately" or "I feel this doesn't belong on the list."  I
> > know
> > if I got a half dozen responses like that toward something I wrote,
> > I
> > would soon consider what I send much more seriously.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Clyde Hollinger
> >
> > Robin Blankenship wrote:
> >
> > > Perhaps a
> > > moderator to keep things focused would be useful.