Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 In a message dated 3/7/2003 8:20:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, fitzycat2001@... writes: > Kinsey in Sacramento......-39lbs now! Whooooohoooo, Kinsey! Way to go! Hugs and blessings, Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Hi Elle, I wanted to say that I thought your idea of moderating the group is a good idea and even though it is unfortuate that it needs to happen at times... we can all remain friends just like what the group is called. The group should be respected and have rules. With you and Marta and Anita moderating I feel it would be a safe and loving place to come to speak about our goals and accomplishments and not worry of offensive posts. I love this group and the people who post here. I hope that the path you chose on this matter is a smooth one. I am not one for controversy so I am behind you. I hope I didn't offend in any way. Thank you for your hard work with this group. I am here to stay no matter what you do. Kind regards, Kinsey in Sacramento......-39lbs now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 Hi, Mona, I can't address the whole e-mail you sent, but as I understand it, we wouldn't have known the list was on " moderated " status. The owners would read each e-mail before it went public. Anything considered " flaming " would not have shown up in our mail boxes or on the site. Jim -----Original Message----- From: mona baroody Hi Elle, I understand that you all would only moderate in specific situatuion, but I'm curious Elle. How would moderation have looked in the last situation? Realizing that Alison responded privately to a private request and that it was the requester who posted the letter, how would you have stopped what ensued? Would you have banned anyone? Would you have banned Alison? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2003 Report Share Posted March 11, 2003 Thank you Elle. Betsy Friends! I have had a couple of people concerned (and even a couple leave the group) because of concerns that Marta and Anita and I are planning to moderate the posts of the group. Trust me... none of the 3 of us have the time to spend to do this unless the integrity of the group is threatened. My goal would be to never have to moderate a thing! Conversely, we lost a few people in our group who were so distressed at this last controversy. They had no interest in belonging to a group which allowed personal attacks to take place. They were distressed that it wasn't more heavily moderated! I persist in my belief that the " Friends " group is different than the " DS_Keshishian " group. That group is not moderated at all. Thus, people can freely comment on that group without any fear of anyone stopping their free expression. For some people, that is best. When Marta and I started the " Friends " group, it was because we did not want to partake in a lot of angry castigations... and we remain with that belief. Some people seem to have no difficulty with a lot of controversy. Initially, I joined the really big DS group which Magruder moderates which has over 2000 members. There is a lot of great information to be obtained from participation in that group, but the anger within the group is more than I am interested in. I have maintained membership there, but I rarely " drop in " to visit. When I do... as I did recently... it was besieged with angry attacks on various people... reminding me again of exactly why I don't go there. I have been feeling a bit of a quandry in trying to provide a forum for discussion that fits all people. I have come to the conclusion that it not possible! Which... is another reason that it is great that there are 2 available Dr. K groups! Our goal here is simple: We want to be friends... and that's it. We want a friendly group. Of course, this does not mean that struggles can't be shared; however, it does mean that personal attacks will not be welcomed. Thanks for being my Friends! Elle ** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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