Re: wsn delayed access

Steve:

It does appear that list traffic has slowed down significantly in the last few 
months. This may be due to the "mode of moderation".

My suggestion would be to have a more passive role for the moderator. Rather 
than reviewing and then forwarding posts, it would probably be sufficient to do 
what many moderated listservs do: have a moderator who can just be there, and 
address on-topic/off-topic concerns as they appear on-list. 

More of a referee who only steps in when participants start hitting each other 
over the head with folding chairs.

John Everett Till 


-----Original Message-----
From: Threehegemons@aol.com [mailto:Threehegemons@aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:49 AM
To: ibnsubhi@yahoo.com; wsn@csf.colorado.edu
Subject: Re: wsn delayed access

Khaldoun and others--what exactly is the complaint?  As one of the moderators 
for the last couple of months, I have not accepted zero posts.  

You (Khaldoun) may have been disapointed that your posts appeared in a weird 
order--but I can assure you this had nothing to do with the moderation and was 
the order they were sent to the moderator by the server.

Steven Sherman

In a message dated 1/23/2003 10:22:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
ibnsubhi@yahoo.com writes:

> After we have experimented with this moderated type of listserv, I think I 
>can confidently say it is killing us.  I beg the moderators and others on this 
>listserv to reconsider this policy immediately.  Otherwise we can kiss this 
>listserv goodbye.  As far as I can tell it is near death already.  I have 
>already heard many grumplings, even from those who initially suggested this 
>inefficient method of control.  Please, for 
> the sake of the survival of this listserv reconsider!
> Khaldoun