Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-25 Thread Simon Cavendish
Hear hear, I entirely agree. Let's leave it to our gently regulated discretion. Simon On 25 Mar 2009, at 17:32, Chris Blouch wrote: > > I'm certainly guilty of being off topic and worthy of the ban. At the > same time I'd like to think some lenience for off topic posts which > have > broad a

Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-25 Thread Chris Blouch
No problem with moderation, just trying to build some consensus as to what the moderation rules should be. The one liner posts that reduce the signal to noise ratio probably fall more into the bucket of bad net-etiquette and not so much of an off-topic post. The downside of moderation is that s

Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-25 Thread Jessi Rathwell
agreed, Chris. well said. On 25-Mar-09, at 10:32 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > I'm certainly guilty of being off topic and worthy of the ban. At the > same time I'd like to think some lenience for off topic posts which > have > broad appeal to this list's readership has some positive benefit to

Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-25 Thread Justin Harford
We had a poll where we could vote between letting this list go unmoderated or keep it moderated, and there were a majority who voted to moderate it. So its curious that now suddenly there are people coming out of the woodwork saying that they would like it unmoderated. It's one or the othe

Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-25 Thread Cara Quinn
any D > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:15 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Just waht is "off topic" here > > > Agreed. Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the > technology > lists and if it's something that benefits us all,

Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-25 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm certainly guilty of being off topic and worthy of the ban. At the same time I'd like to think some lenience for off topic posts which have broad appeal to this list's readership has some positive benefit to the community. For myself this is one of the few public mailing list I subscribe to

Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-25 Thread chantel cuddemi
om: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tiffany D >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:15 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Just waht is "off topic" here >>> >&g

Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-25 Thread Krister Ekstrom
eing counted. Three yeas . >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tiffany D >> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:15 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re:

Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-25 Thread Jessi Rathwell
.com] On Behalf Of Tiffany D >> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:15 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Just waht is "off topic" here >> >> >> Agreed. Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the >> technology >> lists and if

Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-25 Thread Marshall Scott
15 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Just waht is "off topic" here > > > Agreed. Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the > technology > lists and if it's something that benefits us all, I think we should > hear > about i

RE: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-24 Thread peter Apgar
is "off topic" here Agreed. Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the technology lists and if it's something that benefits us all, I think we should hear about it. On 24/03/2009, Greg Kearney wrote: > > Just what qualifies as "off topic" and can there by

Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-24 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Greg, well you answered your own question. :-) Anything Mac- related is certainly on topic. I'm sure sorry you feel like this is 'wrath' but I've gotten *many* requests / complaints from list members whom pay for bandwidth, or have limited time in which to read list mail, but who

Re: Just waht is "off topic" here

2009-03-24 Thread Tiffany D
Agreed. Those of us who use VoiceOver may not be on all the technology lists and if it's something that benefits us all, I think we should hear about it. On 24/03/2009, Greg Kearney wrote: > > Just what qualifies as "off topic" and can there by bring down the > wrath of the moderators here. If