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On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 9:01 AM, Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@g.o> wrote: |
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>..... |
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> I agree with the others who've said that they don't think this is the |
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> right solution. I've previously agreed we need moderation. I would |
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> advocate that infra work on better moderation tools and/or mailing |
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> list infrastructure that enables our use case. |
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As I read the lists on Gentoo, I note that there are actually |
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only a few topics and/or contributors that make the lists |
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noisy. |
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A minimally robo-moderated list that initially filters non- |
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developer posters, with an ability for any developer to |
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clear or maintain moderation of a poster could work fairly |
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easily. All developers would be initially clear of moderation |
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while others would need to "earn" a clearance of being |
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moderated, that is: new non-dev posters have to have |
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some developer look at the post and pass it to the list if it |
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seems appropriate, or they may reject it (with or without |
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comment.) |
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The robo-moderation would post a one-liner attention |
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message, and any cleared list member (or any of a |
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fairly large number of moderators) could engage the robot |
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off-list to examine and approve/reject the message, and |
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clear/maintain the posters moderation status. |
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Additionally, any of the chosen type of moderators (all |
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devs or selected moderators) could place non-dev |
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posters back on moderated status as necessary. If a ban |
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is needed, a proposal could be posted by the bot, and |
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any interested devs could vote to the bot (off-list) within |
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a given time period, and the plurality would determine |
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a ban or not. |
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Interactions with the bot would be off-list, and anyone |
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would get a status report from it as desired. |
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A full[er] specification of the moderation robot can be |
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developed rather quickly if desired. |
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G.Wolfe Woodbury |
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redwolfe@×××××.com |
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