[ANNOUNCE] [META] Mailing List Moderation Update

[Chris McGee]

Thank you for sending this out. I'll try to follow the established
etiquette. A couple of questions.

Is this information posted somewhere in Gemini Space so that I can refer to
it later on?

Can these guidelines be sent to anyone subscribing to the list when they
first subscribe? I just recently subscribed and I wasn't aware of any of
this.

Cheers,
Chris

On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 11:30 AM Jason McBrayer <jmcbray at carcosa.net> wrote:

> Hello! It's your friendly neighborhood list owner here, with some
> updates about how we are handling list moderation. There have been a lot
> of people complaining about the volume of posts on the list and the low
> quality of discussions, and I'm going to do some things to help with
> that.
>
> # Topics
>
> A reminder! This list has topics. You are *strongly* encouraged to go to
> your user options page at https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/listinfo/gemini
> and select the topics you wish to subscribe to, and tick the box saying
> you do *not* want to see messages with no topic. This will help cut down
> on the volume of messages you see, and keep them relevant to your
> interests.
>
> You should also always use a topic when posting a new thread. As a
> reminder, the topics are [announce], [users], [tech], and [spec]. The
> intended content for each is as follows:
>
> [announce]: Official and important announcements about the project of
> wide interest. Please don't post to this topic if you are not a list
> admin!
>
> [users]: Discussion relevant to "end users" of Gemini, e.g. announcement
> of new capsules and services (e.g. search), hosting providers, clients,
> etc. General Gemini discussion and advocacy. Excessively technical
> discussion discouraged.
>
> [tech]: Technical discussion of Gemini as currently specced, e.g.
> questions about client/server implementation, application development,
> announcement of new libraries and other developer-focussed software.
>
> [spec]: Discussion about finalising the protocol specification, and
> formal standardisation efforts. You should *not* subscribe to [spec]
> unless you really do intend to engage productively in the finalization
> process of the specification.
>
> Topics can be included, with the brackets, either in the subject line,
> or anywhere in the first five lines of the message.
>
> # User Moderation
>
> When I get complaints about a particular user lowering the quality of
> discussion on the list, I may, at my discretion, set the "moderated"
> flag on them, which means I have to manually choose whether to approve
> or reject their message. My moderation decisions will be capricious and
> arbitrary, and mostly based on whether I feel that particular message is
> constructed.
>
> If someone is actually being abusive or making personal attacks or
> harassing someone on the list, I will unsubscribe them, but you're also
> encouraged to killfile them.
>
> # Non-subscriber Posting
>
> Currently, non-subscriber posts are held for moderation. I've been
> approving basically everything that is on-topic and not spam. This is
> going to change. Now, non-subscriber postings will only be approved:
>
> 1. If they are announcements in [users] or [tech]. That is,
>    announcements of new capsules, new services, or new software.
> 2. If they are an on-topic, closed-ended question for group members,
>    especially in [tech].
>
> Non-subscriber replies in existing threads *will not be approved*. If
> you want to participate in discussion, you should subscribe to the
> mailing list. If it is too noisy for you, limit your subscription to the
> topics you want, and don't allow messages without a topic. Consider
> changing your subscription to a daily digest if it's still too much and
> you can't set up appropriate mail filtering.
>
> # Conclusion
>
> I think that's about it. If there are any questions or complaints,
> please mail me directly (off-list). If we need to create a separate
> gemini-announce list, that's possible too.
>
> Happy hacking!
>
> --
> Jason McBrayer      | ?Strange is the night where black stars rise,
> jmcbray at carcosa.net | and strange moons circle through the skies,
>                     | but stranger still is lost Carcosa.?
>                     | ? Robert W. Chambers,The King in Yellow
>
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