Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 10:33:35 01/26/00
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On January 26, 2000 at 02:45:16, Bruce Moreland wrote: >I would like to know how the moderator candidates think they might like to >handle the following situations. > >1) Someone nobody has ever heard of creates an obscene post with an obscene >title, and no other content. Switch the account password. Let them worry about contacting the moderators to deal with the problem. There's a good chance that they did it deliberately and either won't be back or will use a new alias next time anyway. >2) Someone complains via moderator email that another member has sent them an >email calling them a "prick". Suggest that they complain to the other member's ISP. >3) Someone writes a short post announcing that they've written a new chess >program, explains that you can get it for $30, and includes a URL to their web >site. The poster has provided the minimum amount of information for someone to read and decide if they are interested in getting more details. This isn't exactly what I have in mind when I think of "flagrant commercial exhortation": I'd leave the post alone. If the post goes on to talk about the history of the company, the splendid results the program has against other programs, et cetera, then it would be a "flagrant commercial exhortation", and I'd remove the post. >4) Someone consistently posts abusive messages, and it seems to be impossible to >get them to stop doing this. Sometimes the right thing to do is to ban someone. This is such a time. Life will go on... for all concerned parties. >5) Someone complains to you via moderator email about a post that contains a lot >of content but includes the line, "at this point black blundered with 29. ... >hxg5 and got the shit kicked out of it." Attempt to mollify the reader. The post is most likely fine. (Many kids the age of six swear worse than that.) >I would like to ask a couple of other questions: > >1) On a scale of one to ten, where one is super-tolerant, and ten is completely >intolerant, how tolerant are you of off-topic posts? Keeping in mind the distinction between tolerant of something and pleased with something, I would rank myself at 5. The membership clearly appears to want some off-topic posting to be permitted. If elected, I'd be moderating for CCC's benefit, not for mine. >2) Are you capable of getting rid of someone who seems to be here to cause >trouble? Yes. Dave
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