Leonhardt, William J wrote: > I joined Paddlewise around the same time as you and lately I have become > aware that my ability to effectively join discussions has been > diminished. While Craig, Doug, Dave and others can conduct a discussion > essentially in real time, I find my posts take days to show up. I once > questioned this and I was told that my posts would show up sooner if I > stripped off the "Paddlewise" message at the bottom. So I obeyed this > but it didn't seem to make a difference. Maybe it's a "top post/bottom > post" etiquette thing. Anyway, when a subject gets discussed where I > want to add my input, I have resisted doing so (this being an > exception). I feel that by the time it shows up no one cares anymore. Man, I did not realize I was getting any special treatment. There have been a few contributions of mine which got sidetracked for a while the last couple months, but I just blew it off as some sort of artifact. It will be a cold day in hell when I harass anybody who _volunteers_ their time to manage one of these lists ... like Joq and Bill and others, I suffered through "laissez-faire" moderation during the Timmy times on Wavelength. In fact, most of my contributions to the 'Net ether these days are on West Coast Paddler, a Canadian site with a regional focus, but global participation, which has _intense_ moderation. I'm sure Craig will agree with that statement, as he got crosswise with one of the owners of that site and no longer contributes. It is that intense moderation which assists in the high level of participatin. The long and short of it is that whatever management "style" a moderator takes, he/she will piss off some and not others ... and I am sure Kirk will respond to this debate in time. I bet if we all just kinda chill, he will take care of it. This is my last contribution to any discussion of list policy, as Kirk does not need this kind of trouble. I suspect direct communication with Kirk is the way to go. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 23 2009 - 11:12:15 PDT
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