Some details on a moderated pianotech

[Richard Brekne]

Andrew

This is a great idea,  pretty much along the lines of what I suggested a 
couple months back for handling the archives... just set up another list 
that has one function only.. to subscribe to pianotech and serve as a 
filter for all OT posts.  Your particular twist on that general theme is 
even better... allows those who like the list for what it is to continue 
as is, and allows those who clamour for a moderated list to have their 
wish filled, and at the same time takes care of the achive question as well.

I congratulate you on a brilliant idea !

RicB

Andrew Rudoff wrote:

> I don't have the list changes ready to go yet, but since there's
> some discussion going on about what moderating pianotech means,
> I thought I'd let people know what's in the works.  I've got some
> travel coming up, so it will be a couple weeks at least before we
> go live with it.  In the mean time I welcome comments on how it
> will work: send them to ecc@ptg.org.
>
> We're not changing pianotech.  Any post from a list subscriber, on-topic
> or off-topic, will still go through (with the exception of things caught
> by our virus and SPAM filters, of course).  So please do not feel you 
> have
> to argue against moderating the list.  If you just stay subscribed to
> pianotech, you'll received all posts, unmoderated, as you always have.
>
> What we're doing is creating a new way to view the same list.  For those
> of you who do not wish to read off-topic posts, you'll subscribe to a 
> list
> called "pianotech-m" instead of "pianotech" and you'll only see the 
> pianotech
> posts that the moderator approves.  All replies and posts from members of
> pianotech-m go to pianotech, just as if the subscriber was still on 
> pianotech.
> But only posts that meet certain criteria will go out to pianotech-m 
> subscribers.
>
> I'll say it again: pianotech is not changing.  We're just giving people
> a new way to view the posts if they choose to use it.  And it is 
> important
> to understand that this is an *experiment* and if we don't like the 
> way it
> turns out or if we cannot keep the moderator position staffed, we'll just
> consider it a failed experiment and no harm will be done.
>
> Here are some ideas on the guidelines a moderator could use to decide if
> a post goes through to pianotech-m.  Again, all messages would still 
> go out
> on the regular pianotech list, so saying a message is "dropped" below 
> simply
> means it doesn't go out on pianotech-m.
>
> - If it contains nothing piano-related, it is dropped.
>
>     [ so everthing below refers to posts that *are* piano related...]
>
> - If the moderator considers the post to be flamebait, vulgar, or rude
>   it is droppped.
>
> - If it contains a joke, but no serious content, it is dropped.
>
> - If it contains a redundant reply, one which is equivalent to an earlier
>   post on the same thread, it is dropped.
>
> Posters who wish to understand why their post was dropped may send 
> mail to
> pianotech-m-owner@ptg.org and ask.  Feedback on how to tweak these 
> rules is
> welcome but no promises are made -- posters annoyed that their posts were
> dropped are reminded that the post still went out on pianotech and 
> that moderating
> is not an exact science.
>
> -andy
>
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