Need additional moderators
12 messages · 2011-04-21 → 2011-06-24 · Yahoo Group era · View archive on archive.org
Participants: Louis Florit, cheveron, Mark Martin, zxspectrum128, Al Hartman, Fred, pxx1_2000_32724
Preserved from the Timex/Sinclair 2068 Yahoo Group (2001–2019), which is no longer online. Text reproduced from the archive.org archive; email addresses masked.
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1. Need additional moderators
Louis Florit · Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:59
Hi everyone, I've been loaded down with more life/work issues and
unfortunately I'm taking longer than I'd like to approve messages for
the ts2068 mail group. Would anyone like to volunteer to be a
moderator for the group? It would involve approving messages to make
sure spam doesn't make it to the rest of the subscribers, and
approving new members.
Let me know if you'd like to help out!
-Louis
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GoogleTalk: [email]
2. Re: Need additional moderators
cheveron · Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:55
Is there a particularly high volume of spam to process? I mean how items are we talking about processing every day?
--- In [email], Louis Florit <florit@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, I've been loaded down with more life/work issues and
> unfortunately I'm taking longer than I'd like to approve messages for
> the ts2068 mail group. Would anyone like to volunteer to be a
> moderator for the group? It would involve approving messages to make
> sure spam doesn't make it to the rest of the subscribers, and
> approving new members.
>
> Let me know if you'd like to help out!
>
> -Louis
>
> --
> Louis Florit - :(){ :|:& };:
> AIM: lflorit MSN:louis_florit@... Y!: indygolunaria
> GoogleTalk: florit@...
>
3. Re: [ts2068] Re: Need additional moderators
Louis Florit · Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:30
No, its actually pretty low volume, yahoo's systems have gotten much
better about blocking spam; I'd say we're doing 4-5 messages per week.
The reason I'm asking is that I'm sure no one likes that they send an
email on Sunday and it doesn't get approved/sent until Wednesday when
I get around to it.
The other choice is to switch to unmoderated mode, where as long as
your email address is a member of the list it'll get forwarded on -
the issue with that is that we've had subscriber's emails spoofed.
Let me know your thoughts.
-Louis
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 10:55 AM, [email] <[email]> wrote:
> Is there a particularly high volume of spam to process? I mean how items are we talking about processing every day?
>
> --- In [email], Louis Florit <florit@...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone, I've been loaded down with more life/work issues and
>> unfortunately I'm taking longer than I'd like to approve messages for
>> the ts2068 mail group. Would anyone like to volunteer to be a
>> moderator for the group? It would involve approving messages to make
>> sure spam doesn't make it to the rest of the subscribers, and
>> approving new members.
>>
>> Let me know if you'd like to help out!
>>
>> -Louis
>>
>> --
>> Louis Florit - :(){ :|:& };:
>> AIM: lflorit MSN:louis_florit@... Y!: indygolunaria
>> GoogleTalk: florit@...
>>
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Louis Florit - :(){ :|:& };:
AIM: lflorit MSN:[email] Y!: indygolunaria
GoogleTalk: [email]
4. Re: [ts2068] Need additional moderators
Fred · Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:47
Hi Louis,
I can volunteer if you still need a hand.
Fred
On 22/04/2011, at 5:59, Louis Florit wrote:
> Hi everyone, I've been loaded down with more life/work issues and
> unfortunately I'm taking longer than I'd like to approve messages for
> the ts2068 mail group. Would anyone like to volunteer to be a
> moderator for the group? It would involve approving messages to make
> sure spam doesn't make it to the rest of the subscribers, and
> approving new members.
>
> Let me know if you'd like to help out!
>
> -Louis
>
> --
> Louis Florit - :(){ :|:& };:
> AIM: lflorit MSN:[email] Y!: indygolunaria
> GoogleTalk: [email]
>
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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5. Re: Need additional moderators
Al Hartman · Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:13
I'm available to help moderate posts. I already moderate several groups.
Al
6. Re: Need additional moderators
cheveron · Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:14
Ok, I could manage that. Where do I sign up?
--- In [email], Louis Florit <florit@...> wrote:
>
> No, its actually pretty low volume, yahoo's systems have gotten much
> better about blocking spam; I'd say we're doing 4-5 messages per week.
> The reason I'm asking is that I'm sure no one likes that they send an
> email on Sunday and it doesn't get approved/sent until Wednesday when
> I get around to it.
>
> The other choice is to switch to unmoderated mode, where as long as
> your email address is a member of the list it'll get forwarded on -
> the issue with that is that we've had subscriber's emails spoofed.
>
> Let me know your thoughts.
>
> -Louis
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 10:55 AM, cheveron@... <cheveron@...> wrote:
> > Is there a particularly high volume of spam to process? I mean how items are we talking about processing every day?
> >
> > --- In [email], Louis Florit <florit@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi everyone, I've been loaded down with more life/work issues and
> >> unfortunately I'm taking longer than I'd like to approve messages for
> >> the ts2068 mail group. Would anyone like to volunteer to be a
> >> moderator for the group? It would involve approving messages to make
> >> sure spam doesn't make it to the rest of the subscribers, and
> >> approving new members.
> >>
> >> Let me know if you'd like to help out!
> >>
> >> -Louis
> >>
> >> --
> >> Louis Florit - :(){ :|:& };:
> >> AIM: lflorit MSN:louis_florit@ Y!: indygolunaria
> >> GoogleTalk: florit@
> >>
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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> --
> Louis Florit - :(){ :|:& };:
> AIM: lflorit MSN:louis_florit@... Y!: indygolunaria
> GoogleTalk: florit@...
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7. Re: [ts2068] Need additional moderators
Louis Florit · Tue, 17 May 2011 07:45
Life happens. My apologies on the backlog on approvals.
If there are no objections, I will be promoting Al , Fred and Andrew
to moderator status to review and approve postings to the list.
Hopefully this will smooth things out.
Thank you for helping out!
Louis
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 4:47 AM, Fred <[email]> wrote:
> Hi Louis,
> I can volunteer if you still need a hand.
>
> Fred
>
> On 22/04/2011, at 5:59, Louis Florit wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone, I've been loaded down with more life/work issues and
>> unfortunately I'm taking longer than I'd like to approve messages for
>> the ts2068 mail group. Would anyone like to volunteer to be a
>> moderator for the group? It would involve approving messages to make
>> sure spam doesn't make it to the rest of the subscribers, and
>> approving new members.
>>
>> Let me know if you'd like to help out!
>>
>> -Louis
>>
>> --
>> Louis Florit - :(){ :|:& };:
>> AIM: lflorit MSN:[email] Y!: indygolunaria
>> GoogleTalk: [email]
>>
>>
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>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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--
Louis Florit - :(){ :|:& };:
AIM: lflorit MSN:[email] Y!: indygolunaria
GoogleTalk: [email]
8. Re: [ts2068] Need additional moderators
Mark Martin · Tue, 17 May 2011 12:18
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Louis Florit <[email]> wrote:
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> Life happens. My apologies on the backlog on approvals.
>
> If there are no objections, I will be promoting Al , Fred and Andrew
> to moderator status to review and approve postings to the list.
> Hopefully this will smooth things out.
>
> Thank you for helping out!
>
> Louis
>
Thanks guys for helping out and hanging in there.
Now, if we could only just get news on those twister boards :)
9. Re: Need additional moderators
pxx1_2000_32724 · Wed, 18 May 2011 16:23
Great news to hear that <sysop> "AL" from the Zebra BBS board is helping out. KUDOS! (that was 25 years ago!!!).
neil
--- In [email], Al Hartman <alhartman6@...> wrote:
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> I'm available to help moderate posts. I already moderate several groups.
>
> Al
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10. Re: Twister boards (was "Need additional moderators")
zxspectrum128 · Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:53
I know, I know, takes forever doesn't it? :p
There should be an update later this year. One of the reasons why it takes so long is because of the cost. After announcing the twister boards for months in a row in all places Sinclair-related, I got less than 20 people who were interested, which means it doesn't cover the cost of making them. But we'll get there.
--- In [email], Mark Martin <storycrafter@...> wrote:
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> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Louis Florit <florit@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Life happens. My apologies on the backlog on approvals.
> >
> > If there are no objections, I will be promoting Al , Fred and Andrew
> > to moderator status to review and approve postings to the list.
> > Hopefully this will smooth things out.
> >
> > Thank you for helping out!
> >
> > Louis
> >
>
>
> Thanks guys for helping out and hanging in there.
>
> Now, if we could only just get news on those twister boards :)
>
11. Re: [ts2068] Re: Twister boards (was "Need additional moderators")
Mark Martin · Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:12
Please, feel free to pass along the higher cost of making them to us. If
given the choice between waiting many years for a twisterboard at some price
point X, and paying X+Y to get them within the quarter, I'd rather pay X+Y.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:53 AM, [email] <
[email]> wrote:
> **
>
>
> I know, I know, takes forever doesn't it? :p
>
> There should be an update later this year. One of the reasons why it takes
> so long is because of the cost. After announcing the twister boards for
> months in a row in all places Sinclair-related, I got less than 20 people
> who were interested, which means it doesn't cover the cost of making them.
> But we'll get there.
>
> --- In [email], Mark Martin <storycrafter@...> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Louis Florit <florit@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Life happens. My apologies on the backlog on approvals.
> > >
> > > If there are no objections, I will be promoting Al , Fred and Andrew
> > > to moderator status to review and approve postings to the list.
> > > Hopefully this will smooth things out.
> > >
> > > Thank you for helping out!
> > >
> > > Louis
> > >
> >
> >
> > Thanks guys for helping out and hanging in there.
> >
> > Now, if we could only just get news on those twister boards :)
> >
>
>
>
12. Re: Twister boards (was "Need additional moderators")
zxspectrum128 · Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:17
Well, I'm happy to say that as soon as I made that post here I got an additional 5 orders added to the list. Since we now have enough orders to justify the cost, the PCB will be ordered this weekend. Those of you who are on my list will receive en email update shortly.
--- In [email], Mark Martin <storycrafter@...> wrote:
>
> Please, feel free to pass along the higher cost of making them to us. If
> given the choice between waiting many years for a twisterboard at some price
> point X, and paying X+Y to get them within the quarter, I'd rather pay X+Y.
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:53 AM, zxspectrum128@... <
> zxspectrum128@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > I know, I know, takes forever doesn't it? :p
> >
> > There should be an update later this year. One of the reasons why it takes
> > so long is because of the cost. After announcing the twister boards for
> > months in a row in all places Sinclair-related, I got less than 20 people
> > who were interested, which means it doesn't cover the cost of making them.
> > But we'll get there.
> >
> > --- In [email], Mark Martin <storycrafter@> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Louis Florit <florit@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Life happens. My apologies on the backlog on approvals.
> > > >
> > > > If there are no objections, I will be promoting Al , Fred and Andrew
> > > > to moderator status to review and approve postings to the list.
> > > > Hopefully this will smooth things out.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for helping out!
> > > >
> > > > Louis
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks guys for helping out and hanging in there.
> > >
> > > Now, if we could only just get news on those twister boards :)
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>