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Re: Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
These are basic concepts.
-- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 08:24 AM, Malcolm Austen wrote:
The topic inherits the behaviour from the hashtag.No. The topic AQUIRES the behavior from the hashtag. It does not "inherit" the behavior. Hashtags are not, and cannot be, moderated. Only topics can be modered. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: Really lock a topic
#suggestion
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 08:39 AM, Bruce Bowman wrote:
I find myself unable to support this. It doesn't address my use case, inasmuch as I would now have to moderate the first message,Bruce, The whole point of my immediately prior message was to explain to you that I think having to moderate the first message is a bug (or design flaw) and I expect that to be fixed! If fixed, you would NOT have to moderate the first message. That's the point. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
You're using hashtags incorrectly. They act on topics, not individual messages.
"When a hashtag is set to Moderated, messages sent to topics tagged with it require approval by a moderator." -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: Really lock a topic
#suggestion
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 10:31 AM, J_Catlady wrote:
I just posted this request:J -- Yeah, I saw that. If that gets implemented, then Bruce, all you have to do is tell your mods to put the same hashtag on the post that they've already been doing (the one that's Locked), but make the tag both Moderated and Locked.I find myself unable to support this. It doesn't address my use case, inasmuch as I would now have to moderate the first message, which didn't require that before. Not only that, but as Andy and Malcolm have already stated, it breaks existing behavior that some may rely upon. I struggle to understand why this is preferable to implementing the original proposal, which doesn't break anything. Anyway, this is my last post on the subject. My suggestion will stand or fall on its own merits. Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would spark such controversy. Bruce
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Re: Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
Malcolm Austen
On Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:54:51 -0000, J_Catlady <j.olivia.catlady@...> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 07:46 AM, Malcolm Austen wrote: The topic inherits the behaviour from the hashtag. I believe I use hashtags correctly but that you want a new and different behaviour which could only be done by adding a new hashtag property, not by changing the behaviour of an existing and useful one. -- Malcolm Austen - email: malcolm.austen@...
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Andy
I'm sure you will see parallels with message 30720. They might be related.
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Re: Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
Malcolm Austen
On Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:52:54 -0000, J_Catlady <j.olivia.catlady@...> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 07:46 AM, Malcolm Austen wrote: Yea, in fact I have, so here's a better example ... Suppose I have a general discussion list with a hashtag #announcement that I want to allow anyone to use but always want it moderated so I can check it really is a suitable announcement for the group. Your change would prevent me doing that wouldn't it? Malcolm. -- Malcolm Austen - email: malcolm.austen@...
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Andy
A few weeks ago, I started working on a bug report about things that I was not finding in my group's Activity Log and/or in email messages to me as Moderator. It was taking me some time to do that (while I had other things to do), and I didn't get around to finishing. I was concerned about what seemed like a lack of data integrity in groups.io's servers.
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Re: Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 07:46 AM, Malcolm Austen wrote:
It's the use of the hashtag that is moderated.No, it's the Topic behavior. I think you have been using Moderated hashtags incorrectly. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 07:46 AM, Malcolm Austen wrote:
I don't want to allow every group member to post any message with, say, #admin on it!!Then set that hashtag to "use by mods only." -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 07:36 AM, Andy wrote:
"serves no obvious useful purpose" may in fact be wrong.Which is why I used the word "obvious." I challenge anyone to think of a use for this. I think it's a bug. Think about it: it forces the creator of the message/topic themselves to go through moderation when creating the topic. They can't even post the topic without having it approved! If you want that forced on a member, then put the member themself on moderation. So I challenge anyone to think of something - even something "devious" - useful about this behavior. It strikes me as simply, and obviously, wrong. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
Malcolm Austen
On Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:08:27 -0000, J_Catlady <j.olivia.catlady@...> wrote:
When you put a Moderated hashtag on an already existing topic, all replies from that point on are, correctly, moderated. But if you put such a hashtag on a Topic when it is first created (i.e., when you post the first message), even the first message itself is moderated. This seems contrary to intention (hence my using #bug in addition to #suggestion for this conversation) and serves no obvious useful purspose. All it does is subject the creator of the post to moderation in the very post itself. It's the use of the hashtag that is moderated. I don't want to allow every group member to post any message with, say, #admin on it!! The current operation is exactly right, the suggestion would break things! The only use I can enviage for moderated replies only would be on a topic started by a moderator and they can easily allow their own message through (as I do with #admin). The suggestion is to change the behavior (and also the description - see below) of the tag so that for new topics with the tag, only replies to the topic are moderated, not the first message itself. As above, Nooo, please not. The description on the hashtag page currently reads "Messages with this hashtag will be moderated." It should read "Replies to topics with this hashtag are moderated." The current text is right. The only possible change I could see as sensible would perhaps to allow hashtags to have alternative settings of either "moderated" or "moderate replies". Malcolm. -- Malcolm Austen - email: malcolm.austen@...
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Re: Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
Andy
Sorry --
What I meant by "It might serve a useful purpose" was that the suggestion that the present behavior "serves no obvious useful purpose" may in fact be wrong. Even though you didn't see any use to it, it might have been wanted that way by someone else. Andy
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Re: Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
Andy
It might serve a useful purpose.
If the owners of a group want a hastag to require moderation, they might want that to happen all the time, not only for replies. Group members can be devious and do things you may not want them to do. Andy
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Re: Really lock a topic
#suggestion
I just posted this request:
https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/30721 The request is to change "Moderated" hashtags so that only replies to the topic are moderated, not the first message itself (which seems to make no sense). If that gets implemented, then Bruce, all you have to do is tell your mods to put the same hashtag on the post that they've already been doing (the one that's Locked), but make the tag both Moderated and Locked. That's possible to do (I just tested). So when any of them tries to reply, it will go through moderation and you can stop it. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Change "Moderated" hashtag new topics so only the replies are moderated
#suggestion
#bug
When you put a Moderated hashtag on an already existing topic, all replies from that point on are, correctly, moderated. But if you put such a hashtag on a Topic when it is first created (i.e., when you post the first message), even the first message itself is moderated. This seems contrary to intention (hence my using #bug in addition to #suggestion for this conversation) and serves no obvious useful purspose. All it does is subject the creator of the post to moderation in the very post itself.
The suggestion is to change the behavior (and also the description - see below) of the tag so that for new topics with the tag, only replies to the topic are moderated, not the first message itself. The description on the hashtag page currently reads "Messages with this hashtag will be moderated." It should read "Replies to topics with this hashtag are moderated." -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Malcolm Austen
Overnight I had two unsubscriptions (from different people and different groups) reported to me by email.
One is all fine, it was from a (paid) subgroup. The person remains a member of the main (announcement) group and there is an entry in the subgroup activity log saying "... left, via web" The other is rather less satisfactory, indeed a #bug IMHO. It was from a standalone free group and while I can find an activity log entry from when the person accepted my invitation to join, there is no activity log entry for the departure. Malcolm. -- Malcolm Austen - email: malcolm.austen@...
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Hi Mark,
I'm running Firefox 93.0 (64-bit) and Windows 10 and cannot enable notifications. When I click the 'Enable Notifications In This Browser' button it shows 'Windows - Firefox' in the list of notification subscriptions but either just a screen refresh or using the 'Send a Test Notification' button causes it to be removed. Regards Andy
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Re: Really lock a topic
#suggestion
Donald Hellen
Bruce . . .
On Mon, 01 Nov 2021 16:04:39 -0700, "Bruce Bowman" <bruce.bowman@...> wrote: I already explained why that is not desirable (Ref: https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/30701).Maybe it's just an educational thing then. You must trust them enough to upload files, so maybe they just aren't aware of your expectations? Donald ---------------------------------------------------- Some ham radio groups you may be interested in: https://groups.io/g/ICOM https://groups.io/g/Ham-Antennas https://groups.io/g/HamRadioHelp https://groups.io/g/Baofeng https://groups.io/g/CHIRP https://rf-amplifiers.groups.io/g/main
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