Hi everyone,
A few years back, there was a debate on the Mac Support Central group about its moderation policy. After a good discussion, it was decided that new members would enter the group with moderated status, which would be changed once they would make at least one productive post. This would prevent anyone from getting in and posting spam instantly.
However... I made it a condition that the team of moderators would have to give people full posting rights as soon as they would contribute to the group. The principle is to give people freedom to post, so that they can get help as soon as they need it, without barriers. An underlying idea is that we are NOT going to turn into a fully moderated group.
With such principles in mind, the moderation policy failed. We still have a long backlog of members who are under moderation despite everything stated above.
Part of the blame goes to me for not always stepping in, day in and day out, to change the status of people. Part of the blame goes to my fellow moderators, who approve messages from new members without changing their posting rights.
But don't spend too much time thinking about the above paragraph. Starting from now, all new members will automatically have the right to post to Mac Support Central, without moderation. If they post spam, they will be removed quickly.
Michel (Group owner)
