[arg_discuss] [sig] Moderation

[Colin Gehrig]

Hi I'm Colin,

Introduction: Umm...yeah. I played Project Mu and a few other games and
that's really where it ends for me. I'm currently sort-of playing
Neurocam as that's about the only game that's happening in Australia. I
haven't developed any games.

Which leads to the next point;

Although this list is open to all subscribers, it's evident already that
there is a lot experienced people on this list. Is the intention to keep
group focused on people active in the field? Is everyone welcome to
throw in an opinion? (Knowing the way 'meta' topics go at Unfiction I'm
hoping this list leans towards only having 'professionals' post, with a
more solutions-based focus)

And from the website: "This SIG has been founded to bring together those
already designing, building, and running ARGs, in order to share
knowledge, experience, and ideas for the future. We hope to spark
renewed debate and experimentation on the uses and pros of ARGs, and to
help developers new to the genre to develop good products first-time
round." So now I'm a little puzzled.

  Following the opinion in the second last paragraph, you won't being
hearing much from me :-)

     -Colin

-----Original Message-----
Brooke Thompson wrote:
 
Not that I don't understand the need for moderation, but I must admit 
that it will cause me to question whether I should speak to the group. I

wouldn't want to take time out of someone's day just so that they could 
click some sort of ok button and might, instead, consider a private 
reply. If others feel similarly, it could result in much of the 
discussion being taken off-list. With discussion as a goal, I'd suggest 
opening it up and seeing how things go, reducing your work load & our 
inbox "pending message" count in the process .

Adam Martin wrote:

> From the founding proposal for the SIG:
>
> "Fully moderated mailing list, open to all subscribers - simple
> charter on the website (c.f the list of topic areas from above), 
> moderation to keep things moving along, and encourage splitting 
> threads into new topics, etc."