[epub] Re: A moderator's role in e-publishing forums

["Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian" <drmani@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Janet.

Thanks for the note.

I'm aware that you're just back from vacation, and are
probably not at all responsible for the error in judgement
that is the cause of this storm.

A small clarification:

>  >decided to let some of the messages in the Dr. Mani/Tombo
>dispute go through because they did relate to legitimate

I wasn't aware of any *dispute* - I made a post and was
quite rudely attacked as to my need to learn etiquette.

As far as the issue of *spamming the list* is concerned,
I am quite willing to enter into a discussion.  But what I
felt intolerable was the level of personal insult to which
the respondent to my post stooped.  And my grouse with
the moderation of the list is that such a response was
allowed to be distributed to the entire list.

I'm aware that without your diligent watchfulness, many
more of this sort would sneak through and dilute the
value of this excellent resource for e-publishers.
You and the other moderators are doubtless doing a
great job, one which is hardly appreciated by the
majority of participants, most of whom have never taken
on the thankless job of moderating an active discussion
forum.

But then, all it takes to destroy a glass house is one stone!

Thanks again for the response, Janet.

Dr.Mani
Ezine Launch - Creating 'killer' ezines
www.ezinelaunch.com

>Moderator comment:
>
>We'd like to respond to Dr. Mani's disappointment with the level of
>moderation on epub:
>
>Although epub has always been pretty tightly moderated, we
>decided to let some of the messages in the Dr. Mani/Tombo
>dispute go through because they did relate to legitimate
>issues. Members here are free to disagree with each other as
>long as the focus remains on what is said in the message and
>does not descend to irrelevant personal attacks, as in the
>numerous messages we did reject on this very topic. We have
>also refrained from stepping in and asking the group to change
>the subject because we don't want to stifle legitimate discourse,
>but perhaps now is that time.
>
>As long as I have your attention, may I also remind you all NOT to use
>MIME when sending messages, and to keep your sig lines to 5 or fewer,
>with 30 characters per line or fewer? We end up stripping out lots of
>extraneous material in order to keep messages at manageable lengths.
>
>Many thanks,
>Janet
>
>
>
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