[Foundation-l] Use of moderation

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Sun Sep 13 21:35:49 UTC 2009


2009/9/13 Austin Hair <adhair at gmail.com>:

> I've personally met some of the most prolific posters to Foundation-l,
> and not one I can think of is the type to dominate a conversation in
> person.


*cough* I am, but consciously try to moderate it. A bit.


> I'm encouraged by how the discussion's progressed thus far, and I see
> promise in some of the proposals (such as moving to a different
> medium), but at the very minimum there seems to be consensus for
> limiting the number of posts per-user on a periodic basis.  It's a
> simplistic answer to a complicated problem, but I think it's a good
> start—maybe we can get people contributing again if they're not so
> intimidated by the volume and cliquishness.


Possibly. I'm also asking the Wine guys about just how they keep
things sane on a mailing list gatewayed to and from a forum.


- d.




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