Hi Kirk et al., A couple days ago, Joq asked me about censorship on Paddlewise regarding why his messages where slow to show up or just lost in space. I gave him my (unbiased, thoughtless, paranoid) honest answer, and told him about my own problems of getting messages through to the list. On those occasions that I begged help from Jackie, she always kindly told me exactly where to go... (talk to Kirk). Kirk told us yesterday that he had just moderated 8 list messages. That seems like a lot, given the usually thin traffic on Paddlewise these days. I think we need to hear more detail about exactly what flags cause our messages to go into the review pot before they can be posted. Maybe I have have my own special flag, even without any connection with SPONSONS. Maybe there is flag for PFDs. Thanks, Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Apr 24, 2009, at 6:09 AM, skimmer wrote: > Kirk told us yesterday that he had just moderated 8 list messages. > That > seems like a lot, given the usually thin traffic on Paddlewise these > days. I think we need to hear more detail about exactly what flags > cause our messages to go into the review pot before they can be > posted. > Maybe I have have my own special flag, even without any connection > with > SPONSONS. Maybe there is flag for PFDs. I will point out that the amount of junk mail posted to an address is not correlated to the amount of legitimate email. Junk mail keeps on coming regardless of legitimate emails. I don't think there is much point in trying to list what causes a filter to kick in. We can all imagine the key words that might be flagged. We have all seen them in our own in boxes. Posting a list would only provide a road map to junk mailers. What becomes tricky is the fact that some perfectly legitimate words and phrases contain snippets that may be flagged. As a result, an increase in legitimate email will cause an increase in email flagged for moderation, just due to the laws of probability. Busy days on Paddlewise will be busy days for Kirk. I assume Kirk has better things to do with his life than make sure a paddling discussion group has instant access to all the email we send to it. It is very likely that some legitimate email will get lost. If you have ever looked through a list of messages after a week and tried to pick out the good from the bad, you have an idea of what is involved and should realize that mistakes are inevitable. I would suggest that none of us have anything quite so important to say that it simply has to make it to the list. If you think you wrote something particularly profound and it seems to have gotten lost in the bit bucket, send it again. I sincerely doubt Kirk is intentionally censoring anyone. For what its worth, all paddlewise posts that come into my computer automatically get put into my "Paddlewise" folder, if I haven't looked at my email for several days I will often select all the emails in that folder and delete them without reading because I don't have the time. In the triage of managing my flow of email Paddlewise and other email list have a low priority. I'm sure I'm not alone in this practice. So even if Kirk had a flawless system, your message may not get read. Nick Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 54 South Rd Groton, CT 06340 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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