Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

OGD asks: "..Zilla, what is the effort required on a daily basis to 
properly moderate a restricted membership list. How can you tell if 
someone is really legit to allow in. Or do you basically allow all in 
and after their first spam post, then nuke them from the membership?"

As you know, I have 700+ members in my group, and close to double the 
traffic DTXpress gets each month.  Because I was concerned from the 
outset of my group that it be kept as squared away as possible, I 
committed to keeping a watchful eye on it from the first day.  

Honestly, it doesn't take but a few minutes a day to moderate my 
group.  A few months ago I changed my group to "Restricted 
Membership".  That means that whenever someone wants to join the 
group I have to approve it first.  Many times the individual's Yahoo 
screen name or e-mail address is a dead giveaway that it's porn-
related or Spam.  Those people never make it into the group, PLUS I 
put them the "Banned" list provided to me as the group's moderator.  
Also, if there's something in a Yahoo profile that looks "iffy", that 
person doesn't get in until it's explained to my satisfaction.  

On any occassion where anyone has ever posted something inappropriate 
I've almost immediately pulled it down, deleted their membership, and 
then banned them to prevent them from coming back. (This was prior to 
the change to Restricted Membership).

Bottom line:  Even a group as large & active as mine doesn't take a 
lot of time or effort moderate.

Zilla