The "other" blog spot accomplishes its objective much better than this one although it is far from perfect. There are a few important differences.
The other site has a moderator. Those who continually cross the line are admonished. If they don't listen, they are ejected from the site. Push polls set up by a moderator might be a fair way for the group to determine whether or not to get rid of a nuisance poster. Moderators can rotate and be elected by the group through push polls. All postings on the other blog spot are required to include the name and address of the poster. This fosters community spirit and helps elevate the tone of the postings. Limiting the number of postings to three or four per day per poster might also help cut down the endless back and forth that some members engage in. I like this list in particular because people are not afraid to voice opinions. The posters on this list really care about the issues affecting Asbury Park. While there is no need to throw the baby out with the bathwater, some ground rules would go a long way towards encouraging civility and some much needed self restraint. Paul Vail 511 Second Ave --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Traderdube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are a couple ways to read the yahoo asbury group. One is > individual emails, the other is in digest form which means a number of > posts are combined into one long email. > You can also go to the web page and read all the posts there. I choose, > as do many others, digest mode. > In the last digest I received 8, almost half the posts, were from one > person. On many boards and internet groups, that is called spam and the > person would get kicked off the board. > In fact, of those 8 posts, most were either one line answers or blank > repostings of a previous post. > Combine that with the incessant flame wars that a few people seem to > constantly engage in and the waste of bandwidth reaches epic proportions. > Flame wars are arguments, usually personal, between a couple of people. > It is very easy to reply directly to a person and take care of your > issues with that person, just between the two of you. > Just for kicks, here are a set of "rules" on another group I belong to. > I didn't write them, I try to abide by them. This is a music specific > site, so there is a a difference in topic, but it might help our discourse. > The founders of the asbury yahoo group have signed off the list and > therefore, no one is in control of this group. Anyone who wants to can > type anything they want, as long as the content doesn't violate the > yahoo terms of service, nothing will happen. All that means is that we > have to police ourselves, show a little common courtesy and respect to > one another and contribute to the various interesting asbury centric > discussions. By doing so, maybe all the lurkers out there will jump in > as well. > > * Some general guidelines > <http://oink.cd/redir.php? url=http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php>. > * Don't use all capital letters, excessive !!! (exclamation marks) > or ??? (question marks), it seems like you're shouting! > * No lame referral schemes. This includes freeipods.com, > freepsps.com, or any other similar scheme in which the poster gets > personal gain from users clicking a link. > * No asking for money for any reason whatsoever. We don't know or > care about your friend who lost everything, or dying relative who > wants to enjoy their last few moments alive by being given lots of > money. > * No posting music requests in forums, there's a request link on the > top bar, please use that instead. > * No flaming, be pleasant and polite. Don't use offensive language, > and don't be confrontational for the sake of confrontation. > * Don't point out or attack other members' share ratios. A higher > ratio does not make you better than someone else. > * > * > * Use descriptive and specific subject lines. This helps others > decide whether your particular words of wisdom relate to a topic > they care about. > * Try not to post comments that don't add anything to the > discussion. When you're just cruising through a thread in a > leisurely manner, it's not too annoying to read through a lot of > "hear, hear"'s and "I agree"'s. But if you're actually trying to > find information, it's a pain in the neck. So save those one- word > responses for threads that have degenerated to the point where > none but true aficionados are following them any more. > Or short: NO spamming > * Refrain from quoting excessively. When quoting someone, use only > the portion of the quote that is absolutely necessary. > * No posting of requests for serials or cracks. No links to warez or > crack sites in the forums. > * Please refrain from starting political or religious discussions. > These types of discussions lead to arguments and flaming users, > something that will not be tolerated. This is a filesharing > community in which we share music and apps. > * Don't waste other people's bandwidth by posting images of a large > file size. > * Be patient with newcomers. Once you have become an expert, it is > easy to forget that you started out as a newbie too. > Yahoo! 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