[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Main List Problems

["Przemysław \"Pshemekan\" Płaskowicki"]

bluetad2001 napisa :

>FWIW I'd say a separate 'newbie' list wouldn't help.  I've seen 
>something like this done and what happens is people don't get the 
>chance to interact with more experienced people, don't get the 
>feeling of a stable community, and don't get the feeling that they've 
>joined a community that is welcoming and has high expectations of 
>them to contribute appropriately right from the start.
>
>So what IS the solution?  Moderation, moderation, moderation!
>  
>
I agree.
I think that introducing more agressive moderation will have a 
psychological effect on people -- "Gee, this list is moderated, I could 
post it, but it will propably want go through moderators, so I don't 
bother sending." This would mean less posts for house elves to moderate.

Another thought is suggestion to moderators being specialized -- If 
someone's little obsessions are SHIPs (like myself), she (he) propably 
had read almost everything on that topic. So if someone try to post 
about it, that specialised elf should response for instance: "that was 
already dicussed, see this thread in archive", or -- "you misquoted JKR 
see: quickquotesquill for real quote"; or "OK -- but where is the canon 
for that?"; or even post with note: "That topic was discussed here 
(msg-id) and here (msg-id), but some of authors points were not 
covered." That would mean switching elves into editors but also 
quenching list to bearable limits. Also such model of moderating will 
induce people to writing more thoughtfull posts, check their sources 
etc. Even catching before posting letters when author had obviously 
wrongly remembered canon would seriously help.

In difficult times we need unpopular solutions!

Regards,


-- 
Pshemekan