nine and sixty rules and moderation

[zeborah]

birdsedge wrote:
Who rules?

And who rules the rulers?

And there were a couple of replies there but this may be something we need to discuss more.

[Or should we just create the community already and make it up as we go along?]

Do we want to moderate?

What do we want to moderate?

• Do we want to ever be able, for whatever reasons and under whatever restrictions, to exclude entire people; or do we want to only ever exclude particular topics, or styles, or posts?
• Should it be defined or will we know it when we see it?

Who do we want to do the moderating?

• One supreme dictator, a supreme triumvirate, a group of representatives polling the mood of the tyranny of the mob?

I know what I want but it may well not be what's best for the group so I need to think some more before I actually say anything.

Comments

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

should we just create the community already and make it up as we go along?

My vote is for that. nine_and_sixty or nine_and_sixty_ways?

(Don't know whether the latter isn't too long.)

Do we want to moderate?

We have the option to step up if we need it - approve membership, member only posting, member only commenting, banning posters.

What do we want to moderate?

I think a charter - along the lines of the rasfc FAQ and incoporating the 9&60 ways thing - would be a good idea, a general signpost of 'this is what we would like to achieve here.

Initially, I don't see a reason for moderation - we're all adults and all used to discussions; eventually it might come to that point - one hopes it doesn't, but you never know.

One supreme dictator, a supreme triumvirate, a group of representatives polling the mood of the tyranny of the mob?

Somewhere along the lines of the latter, I think. You can set up a number of maintainers for a community, and any drastic change - such as banning someone who is not a spammer/outright attacking another member - ought to be discussed, at least among a core group.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

My vote is for that. nine_and_sixty or nine_and_sixty_ways?

It has occurred to me to make a more ergonomic suggestion -- perhaps "9and60ways"? I'm assuming that ampersands aren't allowed in LJ names.