[Web4lib] Unmoderated posts on your site?

[Thomas Edelblute]

I would start off with it moderated and see what kind of traffic you get
first.  You can always change it later.

I remember the unmoderated Wiki that a local newspaper started a year or
two back.  The first day of operation, the hard-drive was filled with
pornographic picture that came in from all over the world.  Before the
end of the day the Wiki was shut down and the project aborted.

Thomas Edelblute
Public Access Systems Coordinator
Anaheim Public Library

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Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 1:14 PM
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Subject: [Web4lib] Unmoderated posts on your site?


Do any of you that have blogs or social networking like ning on your Web
sites allow unmoderated posts by your users? We are a public library
system and I am inclined to recommend allowing unmoderated posts as I
may not be able to find the staff to help moderate fast enough for the
content to stay fresh. I tend to believe that the mean people will be
shouted down by the majority of users. Is this a crazy idea? Am I being
naive in thinking people will be nice?

Your experience and thoughts on this will be most welcome as well as
links to your sites so I can show others where this is working. Thank
you!

Colleen Brazil
Content Access Manager
Sno-Isle Libraries
www.sno-isle.org



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