Correction: "Invited users only" does have a moderation requirement, but I expect it is not the kind that requires daily interruption.
On 12/14/21 1:28 PM, Sage Gerard wrote: > All, > > I've gained administrative privileges over this list to address the spammer. > I want to hear from others before I touch anything. > > The spams continues because moderation is outright disabled for the list. Our > other choices are to apply moderation to non-group members only, or everybody. > > I cannot select the former because it does nothing for us; the list is > configured to allow anyone to join the group. I cannot easily select the > latter because it means accepting moderation overhead, when the community is > already moving to Discourse. > > I've been informed that an invite-only approach might not be appropriate, but > without moderation, the only option I see is to change the privacy settings. > Here are the choices Google gives us. > > - Invited users only > - Anyone on the web can join > - Anyone on the web can ask > > I lean toward "Invited users only" because it's the only option that does not > carry a moderation requirement, which seems prudent given the state of the > community. Assuming that I can give vetted, participating members power to > invite, a path to revival for the mailing list exists without burdening the > Discourse migration. > > Comments welcome, but note that I do not know the chain of command. If it > comes down to my judgement, please let me know. > > Thanks, > ~slg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/78c6a5e1-65dd-12c0-ace8-c7720e6894f4%40sagegerard.com.
