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moderators and co-owners

2007-11-09 by phonophobie

hey, good to know that there are a few people intersted! if you want
to be a mod, please contact me personal about this, ok? thank you very
much :)


--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "narfman96" <narfman96@...> wrote:
>
> I can be a co-owner or moderator. I already take care of about 10 or 
> so groups and would be glad to help with this. I watch for the 
> spambots and can recognize most of them as soon as they join. If they 
> get really bad you can always set the list to moderate new members 
> then approve them after several viable posts. This way all the 
> knowledge and members in this great group can be preserved.
> 
> Fran Bourdeau 
> 
> --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "Nicole Massey" <nyyki@> wrote:
> >
> > I tend to believe that a stable arrangement is 2 owners and 3 
> moderators.
> > That way you've got 5 sets of eyes, (well, 4 if I'm one of those 
> people)
> > looking at everything that passes through.
> > 
> > I set my groups generally so that anyone can join without having to 
> get
> > approved, and new members are moderated. I usually wait for the 
> second
> > message before taking someone off moderation, and spammers are 
> warned 3
> > times before being removed and banned. It does an extremely good 
> job of
> > keeping spam messages off the list. 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf
> > Of phonophobie
> > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:46 AM
> > To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [oberheim] Re: Finding the Owner
> > 
> > at the present time now, i don´t going to do that... but somebody 
> else can
> > do it, when we change the ownership... anyone? ;)
> > 
> > --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%
> 40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "somethingkillingyou"
> > <somethingkillingyou@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think, instead, that the join filter is the answer... 
> > > even if you check it just once in a week, that's better than to 
> let 
> > > those fuckers join here without a problem...
> > > 
> > > what do you think about it?
> > > 
> > > it's slower but is safer...
> > > 
> > > --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%
> 40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "phonophobie" <phonehead@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > hello nicole, i´m the owner of this little group. yes...
> > > > 
> > > > i decided to keep this group open for everyone to join up, 
> because 
> > > > it´s easier for everyone to join and i don´t have the time to 
> check 
> > > > every join request. everytime when i sign in via yahoo i check 
> for 
> > > > spam, and i ban those stupid persons and delete the spam
> > > messages...
> > > > 
> > > > however when anybody thinks it could be done better and want, 
> check 
> > > > every join request for example, we could do change the 
> ownership if 
> > > > this is possible. i have no problem with this. in the past, i 
> just 
> > > > wanted to create a group for oberheim gear, because there were 
> no 
> > > > active groups anymore...
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%
> 40yahoogroups.com> ,
> > "Nicole Massey" <nyyki@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Phonophobie is the name of the person who started this list. 
> I'm
> > > > thinking
> > > > > that if we can manage to track down this person, we can either
> > > get
> > > > them to
> > > > > reassert list ownership or pass it on to several willing 
> members
> > > and
> > > > let us
> > > > > manage it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The other alternative is to just start a new list. That's a 
> lot
> > > of
> > > > work, as
> > > > > it involves digging out all the links, files, photos, and 
> users
> > > from
> > > > this
> > > > > list and diverting them to another list. Since the original 
> list
> > > > owner made
> > > > > the members of the list hidden, this is a lot more headache 
> than
> > > it
> > > > first
> > > > > looks to be.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Phonophobie is, according to my preliminary web searches, a 
> band
> > > doing
> > > > > electronica, and there's a good possibility that the band 
> still
> > > has some
> > > > > contact presence somewhere for at least some of the members. 
> > > Anyone
> > > > up for
> > > > > looking around?
> > > > > 
> > > > > The spam will continue until we manage to get rid of the open
> > > nature
> > > > of the
> > > > > group, and that requires a list owner.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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