On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:59:25PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
Isn't quoting a whole digest for a two-line reply "stupidly massive"? It even asks for a more specific subject line than "Re: main Digest..."
No, not really, in context of a single mail maybe but not compared to current computer capabilities. Anyhow it was certainly not in comparison to the traffic generated discussing it anyhow.
[...] Be warned though, being a moderator will only ever mean you get complained at.
That's not necessarily so. I've had compliments for moderating other
It seems that it is necessarily so on this list ;)
lists, but this list does have three characteristics that I think make complaints more likely:-
- weak/vague charter (partly my fault - I was inexperienced);
The "rules" are fairly well set out. Just getting people to pay attention to them is more of a problem.
- slow/irregular moderation;
It used to be done daily, but I got bored of almost daily complaints so it now gets done when I get tired of the moderation messages.
It'll be great if a volunteer steps up and runs the queue daily, which would help with one of those.
Until they get bored of the complaints and stop doing it anyhow ;)
Adam