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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Avoiding moderation problems
Message-ID: <1629@cbosgd.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 12:30:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 22 12:30:34 1985
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In article <22@Cascade.ARPA> asente@Cascade.ARPA writes:
>A couple weeks ago I suggested that problems with moderated groups
>could be largely eliminated by having multiple moderators per group--
>if one moderator didn't like your submission, you could always try another.
>There was no response at all.

Perhaps everyone agreed or didn't care.  I think multiple moderators is
in principle a good thing.  The moderators have to coordinate among
themselves very carefully, to prevent duplicates and make sure that
back issues are equally accessable, so it's more work for the moderator.
But right now we have a shortage of moderators even one per group.

>However, fearless soul that I am, I will venture to suggest another
>solution to the moderation problem (if there is indeed any problem with
>moderated groups other than in the imaginations of detractors).  Why not
>create an unmoderated group, net.moderation-complaints, where anyone
>who had a complaint about a group moderator could post things?  If it
>turned out that there was really a problem with a moderator, he could
>be replaced.

I think this is an excellent idea.  As long as this newsgroup doesn't
take up significant volume (e.g. long repetitive discussions moving there)
it should make it clear that people are not being censored.

We should also have a provision where a moderator can be thrown out if
the net doesn't like the job they are doing.  This would basically mean
that someone else would have to be willing to moderate, and have an
election between the two.

	Mark Horton