I have not considered this listserv to be an especially active one
compared to some of the others I subscribe to, all of which are
moderated.

Yes, the job of moderating does take some time but not as much as
you indicate.  Right now, there are only about 300 subscribers
to ATEG-L.

The listserv must be set to the following: "All postings sent to
list owner for review."  That is not the current setting now from
the listserv at Miami University Ohio.

Jim Dubinsky and Max Mohrenberg are the list "owners" and need
to decide if this work can be divided between them or delegated
to someone else (not I!).

This listserv will never grow--and is, frankly, somewhat
embarrassing--as long as anyone who subscribes may post anything
he or she wishes, including Viagra commercials, Nigerian scam
letters, porn announcements or political statements.

                Ben Varner

Maureen Fitzpatrick wrote:
> That seems like a lot of responsiblity to place on one person--I don't see
> how an individual could do this without it greatly affecting the spontaneity
> of the list (unless that person never slept, taugtht their classes, or just
> took a couple of e-mail free days and just stayed online most of the time to
> forward messages as they came in). Losing subscribers would be bad; losing a
> moderator and the list because it is too much stress to maintain would be
> worse.
>
> I was on a few lists that operated as you describe and this is what would
> happen on the one I quit--someone would post a question and then every six
> hours a batch of emails would be released that essentially said the same
> thing since no one knew if or how anyone else had responded. I think some of
> the larger lists through NCTE have some kind of a verification
> process--maybe they have a program that searches for a list of content words
> before they release the post or maybe they have a dungeon full of employees
> who moderate the list 24-7-365. Does anyone know?
>
>
> Maureen Fitzpatrick
> Professor, English
> Johnson County Community College
> Overland Park, KS
>

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