Guest guest Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 I am a member of several yahoo groups, and two of them are not only private groups, requiring membership to post, but every single post is moderated by the group owner. (One of the groups has 1600 members and over 1000 posts per month.) They are hobby groups, and not prone to the high levels of emotion that this group is prone to simply due to the nature of this group. Those two groups are the only ones that don't have frequent issues with hurt feelings and misunderstandings. The owner sends the posts back to the original poster with suggestions for editing. Even so, there are still occasional hurt feelings. Maybe this group needs to have every post moderated instead of having a few people singled out, but that's a lot of work for the moderator. On the other hand, the atmosphere in this group is not conducive to feelings of safety or healing, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that has considered leaving the group because of it. Quibbles between individuals need to be aired in private, not in public. Making accusations of any kind in a public group is called flaming and is not tolerated in any other group I'm on. Members who flame are immediately put on moderated status, and if the flaming continues, they are banned from the group. Missy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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