Shawn Walker wrote: > On 02/05/07, Josh Berkus <Josh.Berkus at sun.com> wrote: >> Sean, >> >> > I think that we should avoid *at all costs* osol-jobs or the like. This >> > kind of forum is spam-prone in the absolute extreme; and it will be >> > ultimately dragged down into the mire of complete >> > disinterest/abandonment by abuse of its genuine raison d'etre. >> >> We've been running pgsql-jobs at postgresql.org for years without issues; we >> even set up an arrangement with opensourceexperts.com to cross-post to >> it. >> Never a complaint, and it's been very useful to PostgreSQL consultants. >> >> The one trick is that the list is 100% moderated. So if we wanted an >> osol-jobs, someone would need to volunteer a couple hours of their time >> per week as moderator. > > This sounds like the most sane approach so far.
I agree. I've screened and rejected dozens of attempts to let recruiters on our lists and I know others have done the same. However, offering a single moderated list for this function would be a good way to let people choose to see the postings. And for those interested, it's obviously a very good thing. Jim
