Some details on a moderated pianotech

[JAMES DALLY]

Oh my what a great idea!!!!! count me in.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Rudoff" <andy@rudoff.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:46 AM
Subject: Some details on a moderated pianotech


> 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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