Posted by Lou Pilder on June 14, 2005, at 6:45:49
In reply to For the record, Lou, posted by Minnie-Haha on June 13, 2005, at 14:41:25
Minnie and Phillipa,
Thank you for requesting that I answer your concerns for the record and Minnie for lifting her prohibition for us to have this dialog.
I will start with your first concern which is why do I make {so many} requests to Dr. Hsiung
Well, if the moderation was when the board was in session, then I do not think that there would be so many. That is why I suggested that Dr. Hsiung close the forum on a temporary basis when he could not be a moderator. And Dinah has some restrictions that she writes need to happen before she can be a moderator, and that could mean that posts are not addressed by her untill there is escalation which could induce more requests from me.
So what I am saying is that since I am requesting a determination, could that mean that if there was moderation at the time, could those requests , at least in part, be reduced?
And because there is no moderation sometimes for days, then other could think that some posts are acceptable when they are not and write more of the same which could cause me to make more requests. Could not immediate moderation have some reducing effect to the number of my requests? That is why I suggested that no more than 5 minuets elaps for a post to be addressed. This could be done, IMO, if Dr. Hsiung has a "buddy" to help him moderate when he can not.
It is not an either or type of suggestion , for there are other alternatives to this situation such as allowing posters to halt a thread untill the moderator addresses a post, and another alternative is to allow a poster to put aside a post so that no one can respond to it but the thread continues. Another alternative is to have a large group of deputies with the idea that they can immediatly address a post without waiting for other circumstances to happen, and there are others....continued
Lou
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