Monahon, Peter B. wrote:
... unless YOU are paying the admin / moderator, and the list has your name on the title, eh? ;-) No?!? Well then, let's reduce the volunteer admin /moderator's job description to (a) preventing spam and (b) moderating off-topic postsers.
Moderating off-topic posts can have its own whole world of controversy, because we will differ about how far someone can go before being off-topic.
One duty that I would add is preventing blatant "George-is-gay" style vandalism.
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