Posted by
Vinny Pinto on
Aug 28, 2006; 8:13pm
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Howdy-and-Inquiry-About-EMF-Detox-Symptoms-tp1542122p1542130.html
Hi Marc:
Thanks for your note. Comments below!
At 12:54 PM 8/28/2006, you wrote:
> > number of trolls and flamers (and spammers) who regularly try to send
> > bizarre or inappropriate messages to list groups
>
>Yes, we get those here as well. However, I have this group set to
>"moderate new members". So when someone makes their first post,
>I can see if they are a spammer or not. If they are a spammer,
>I just delete the message before it's sent out. If not, I change
>their settings so that they are allowed to post freely. If
>at some point later I find that someone has a tendency to post
>irrelevant things on the list, I either warn them to stop doing
>this, or put them in permanent moderation mode and delete anything
>they try to post which is not relevant.
>
>I run 3 discussion groups on Yahoo, and I run them all this way.
>Seems to work well.
Yes, I run 14 list groups (two at MSN adn Topica), several of them
(i.e. raw food diet, sungazing, etc.) on very controversial topics
which tend to attract a lot of fanatics, fundamentalists and zealots,
as well as Internet trolls who need to direct their rage somewhere. I
also run four other list groups under another Yahoo identity, all
devoted to an extreme outdoor adventure sport in which I am involved
-- I prefer to keep those two worlds at arms-length most of the time...!
I am starting to switch more and more of the groups to
membership-application/approval only, although I do use the "moderate
posts from new members" feature on all of my groups; it is very
useful, and helps us to identify the trolls as well as the spammers.
Have fun! And, thanks for running this group! I continue to be
impressed with the relatively high quality of the posts, compared to
most groups out there!
with care,
--Vinny
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