Some details on a moderated pianotech

[Don Gilmore]

But who's going to do the moderating?  Sounds like a 24 hour-a-day job to
me, unless postings are delayed and only posted a few times a day.

Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: Some details on a moderated pianotech


> 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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