Re: News moderation

On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 17:39 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Joshua D. Drake<jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 17:23 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> >> Who is moderating news at the moment? I'm getting complainst again as
> >> submissions aren't showing up.
> >>
> >> We need a better system for this. Any suggestions (that don't involve
> >> me doing it all)?
> >
> > Unfortunately it is a human thing and humans get busy. My suggestion
> > would be to put a call out to -general and see who might be willing to
> > help.
>
> I'd rather use people we know, than put out an open call and
> potentially turn away people we've never heard of.

Put out an open call with conditions:

Must be relatively active on -general or -hackers (or whatever).

You either want help or you don't. If you really want help you need to
start asking more than the current pool.

Joshua D. Drake

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