I second Doug's comment. I did have delays when really new to the group nothing excessive though and understandable. It seems my posts now go though immediately.. I use the web interface as it seems easy to scroll through the posts and select the ones I'm interested in, email seems too laborious, just my preference though what ever works for you.
Best, Hugh Sunland, CA On Monday, April 29, 2013 9:00:14 AM UTC-7, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: > > Just to address the comments about moderation: > > At this point, I'm still the bottleneck. No one else is co-moderating > posts. > > I release moderated comments in one of two ways - the first is via email. > If I reply to notification of a moderated post, it goes through. This is > quicker, but does not change the moderation status of a new member. So, > I've tended to use it less and less. > > The second method is via the web interface. I have to be logged in, but > can 1) post with no change to status, 2) post and update status, 3) delete > and ban user and 4) delete post. I've been trying to use this method more > frequently, as it allows me to pass through newer users in one step. > Otherwise, I have to access the specific account and manually select and > change the status. > > If someone emails me directly, I'll generally make the change manually. > But, since I'm doing this for love rather than money, I try to keep the > bulk of the changes efficient. Which means that when a new user posts for > a second or third time, the bell finally goes off in my brain and I > recognize the name. If it's not snarky, off-topic, related to a buy/sell > transaction or some other reasonable trigger, then I'll pass it through and > change the status. > > Statuses are updated by "checking" a box and then selecting an action, > which means there's an imperfect variable (me) involved. Sometimes, I've > got 20 or 30 spam tries sitting to be moderated, and one valid post. I > have, upon occasion accidentally deleted (and banned) all of them with an > errant keystroke (you guessed it, there is no "Undo" for that). More > commonly, there are 3 or 4 "for sale" posts and a new user's interesting > and on-topic post get's passed through without updating their status. > Sometimes I can recall the persons identity and find them. Most of the > time I figure they will post again and I'll get it the next time. > > All that (painstakingly) being said, I've changed some things around so > that I'm passing things through 2 or 3 times a day, so there shouldn't be > an excessive delay unless I'm in the studio or away from all internet > access. > > Thanks again to all for their contributions to this list. > > - Jim / List Admin > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
