Re:[tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-15 Thread Allen Esterson
Rick Stevens writes: Bill does us a great service by keeping the list going. Asking him to be the PC police or to find PC deputies and manage them would be more work for him. Since the complaints seem to be about a small number of people I am on the side of identifying who you don't want to hear

Re: [tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-15 Thread Rick Froman
I disagree that there are any circumstances under which it is necessary to respond to these trolls. I find it hard to believe that anyone on TIPS gives these posts any credence at all. The unintended outcome of these responses is to give the original posts a much wider audience because the

[tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-14 Thread Jeffry Ricker
Hi all, I first joined this list sometime around 1994 or 1995, I think (has it be around that long?). I recently came back after a several-year absence. The discussion about what should be done regarding maliciously ignorant posters, or posters who demean others who don't create a relationship

Re: [tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-14 Thread Bill Southerly
TIPS has been around since June 1, 1992. Sent from my iTouch at the beach On Aug 14, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Jeffry Ricker jeff.ric...@sccmail.maricopa.edu wrote: Hi all, I first joined this list sometime around 1994 or 1995, I think (has it be around that long?). I recently came back after a

Re: [tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-14 Thread Mike Palij
On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:58:06 -0700, Bill Southerly wrote: TIPS has been around since June 1, 1992. So, whose place we're gonna go to for next year's 20th Anniversary of Tips party? ;-) Sent from my iTouch at the beach Sent from my PC in a dark, dismal, and rainy NYC. -Mike Palij New York

Re: [tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-14 Thread Bill Southerly
Sent from my iTouch On Aug 14, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:58:06 -0700, Bill Southerly wrote: TIPS has been around since June 1, 1992. So, whose place we're gonna go to for next year's 20th Anniversary of Tips party? ;-) Good Question!!!

Re: [tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-14 Thread Mike Palij
On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:43:52 -0700, Bill Southerly wrote: On Aug 14, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:58:06 -0700, Bill Southerly wrote: TIPS has been around since June 1, 1992. So, whose place we're gonna go to for next year's 20th Anniversary of Tips

Re: [tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-14 Thread Ken Steele
Mike: I think this is a worthwhile goal to pursue. I have had several outcomes in my professional career that happened because of side conversations that happened on TiPs. (Yes, Stephen Black, I am thinking of you.) There may need to be a symposium at both APS and APA since I am not a

Re: [tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-14 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Splendid idea! Paul On Aug 14, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Mike Palij wrote: On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:43:52 -0700, Bill Southerly wrote: On Aug 14, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Mike Palij m...@nyu.edu wrote: On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:58:06 -0700, Bill Southerly wrote: TIPS has been around since June 1, 1992. So,

Re: [tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-14 Thread David Hogberg
Another 20th anniversary coming up in 2012 is that of the AP Reading in Psychology. It began at Clemson with fewer than 20 readers and has now expanded to about 400 or more and meeting in Kansas City after stints at Maryland, Trinity (TX), and Daytona Beach, and Louisville. DKH