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[Meta] POLL: Who here would support a moderated version of rec.photo.digital?
Lionel wrote in message . ..
Serious question: Suppose that I were to propose the creation of rec.photo.digital.moderated? The basic idea I'm thinking of is for RPDM to be a 'cleaned up' version of RPD, with posts to RPDM being automatically xposted to RPD to make it possible for RPD readers help digital newbies, & easier for others to upgrade to the moderated group. I'm fairly familiar with the process for creating this sort of group, so if the idea meets with general approval of the non-trolls in RPD, I'd be volunteering to champion the proposal (as it stands, or with modifications from RPD's readership) through news.groups, & to build & run the automated moderation (mod-bot) system. I can also take care of the mechanics ('newgroup' control messages, manual notification to newsadmins, 'booster messages', etc) neccessary to make the moderated group available to the general public. Draft rules: (1) Basic charter to be very similar to the current RPD charter, but with the wording tightened up a little to eliminate the loopholes that idiots use to excuse 'for sale' & 'for auction' posts. 'On-topic' to be defined as anything at all to do with digital photography, with overlap to general photography topics being acceptable, as long as there's at least a little bit of relevance to digital photography. Standard boilerplate to ban spam, commercial posts, & the other stuff that most newsgroups ban. (2) Moderation policy would be to default to automatically approving posts (possibly a whitelist of preapproved posters, with hand approval of new posters?), but with a blacklist for anon-gateways, known spammers, trolls, troublemakers, etc. It might be worth blocking Google posts too, given that so many trolls create throwaway Google posting accounts, & it takes Google too damn long to nuke them. (3) A policy of single warnings for posts from otherwise okay posters who participate in massively off-topic threads, (eg; the recent political threads), with a 1 week 'time out' for those who persist after being warned. 'White-listed' posters who'd been warned would go onto the hand-approval list for a week. However, they would be welcome to continue the discussion in the existing unmoderated group, or elsewhere without penalty, as long as they keep it out of the moderated group. (4) No crossposts to non-photography groups at all. All such posts would be blocked automatically, & the poster warned. (5) Posts to RPDM that passed the mod-bot would be automatically xposted to RPD, tagged with [RPDM] in the Subject line, & the Followups header automatically set to to RPDM only. Questions: ---------------------------- (a) Would you support or *vote for* the above proposal, exactly as stated? (b) Would you support or *vote for* the above proposal, with changes? (c) Would you *vote against* the above proposal? (d) Are you already happy with RPD exactly as it is? (d) Don't know. (e) Comments? ---------------------------- If people are generally in favour of this idea, it might be worth making a similar proposal for RPE35mm, given that they have a lot of the same problems we're suffering from. (a) Would you support or *vote for* the above proposal, exactly as stated? YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! (b) Would you support or *vote for* the above proposal, with changes? YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! (c) Would you *vote against* the above proposal? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! (d) Are you already happy with RPD exactly as it is? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! (d) Don't know. STUPID QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! (e) Comments? TOO MUCH CANON BIAS! SIGMA PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE TREATED LIKE SECOND CLASS NETIZINS! |
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[Meta] POLL: Who here would support a moderated version of rec.photo.digital?
"TP" wrote in message
... (Jorge Prediguez) wrote: TOO MUCH CANON BIAS! SIGMA PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE TREATED LIKE SECOND CLASS NETIZINS! You should be flattered to be treated as second class when you are using third rate lenses. And why is this question that is so specific to R.P.D. getting splattered over all the other photo newsgroups? Is it remotely likely that anyone who would be interested in an R.P.D.M. isn't already reading R.P.D., yet is reading any of the other groups? Peter |
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[Meta] POLL: Who here would support a moderated version of rec.photo.digital?
Kibo informs me that Silvio Manuel stated
that: In article , (Jorge Prediguez) wrote: The basic idea I'm thinking of is for RPDM to be a 'cleaned up' version of RPD, Hey Jackass, quit crossposting. He's the troll, Silvio. Asking him not to crosspost is like asking a retarded spaniel not to hump peoples' legs. -- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- |
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[Meta] POLL: Who here would support a moderated version of rec.photo.digital?
"Bandicoot" wrote in message ... "TP" wrote in message ... (Jorge Prediguez) wrote: TOO MUCH CANON BIAS! SIGMA PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE TREATED LIKE SECOND CLASS NETIZINS! You should be flattered to be treated as second class when you are using third rate lenses. And why is this question that is so specific to R.P.D. getting splattered over all the other photo newsgroups? Is it remotely likely that anyone who would be interested in an R.P.D.M. isn't already reading R.P.D., yet is reading any of the other groups? Peter This "Jorge Prediguez" has got to be a commercial poster. My reaction to such is to stay as far away from the products they are shilling as possible, and point out better product at lower pricing when possible. This last should have a practical impact on what these types are posting for, making it counterproductive for them to continue posting. Luck; Ken |
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[Meta] POLL: Who here would support a moderated version of rec.photo.digital?
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"Ken Maltby" wrote: This "Jorge Prediguez" has got to be a commercial poster. My reaction to such is to stay as far away from the products they are shilling as possible, and point out better product at lower pricing when possible. This last should have a practical impact on what these types are posting for, making it counterproductive for them to continue posting. Luck; Ken Part of that I would almost agree with, but he's also using foul language and insulting others. Why would a rep do that? Me thinks its a TRUUWL. -- Would you like to know the precise date of your own death? What if anything is too serious to be joked about? Do you ever spit or pick your nose in public? |
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[OT] [Meta] POLL: Who here would support a moderated version of rec.photo.digital?
Ken Maltby wrote:
"Bandicoot" wrote in message ... "TP" wrote in message . .. (Jorge Prediguez) wrote: TOO MUCH CANON BIAS! SIGMA PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE TREATED LIKE SECOND CLASS NETIZINS! You should be flattered to be treated as second class when you are using third rate lenses. And why is this question that is so specific to R.P.D. getting splattered over all the other photo newsgroups? Is it remotely likely that anyone who would be interested in an R.P.D.M. isn't already reading R.P.D., yet is reading any of the other groups? Peter This "Jorge Prediguez" has got to be a commercial poster. My reaction to such is to stay as far away from the products they are shilling as possible, and point out better product at lower pricing when possible. This last should have a practical impact on what these types are posting for, making it counterproductive for them to continue posting. Ken- You are too kind. None except the first of the Preddy variations are stable enough to be in the employ of a sucessful company. -- John McWilliams |
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[Meta] POLL: Who here would support a moderated version of rec.photo.digital?
"Richard Knoppow" wrote
Please do not respond to this thread, its cross posted to a bunch of unrelated news groups. you're sure!? ever see a naughty talkin troll in your neck of the woods? |
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