Recommendation for this group membership setting

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:55:04 -0000

admin |control |spam | post by maggie_diigo on 2008-04-15

To prevent / deter spam, I would like to bring this group setting option to your attention:

Instead of a public group opens to anyone, you may wish to set "who can join" to a "moderated" setting, which means that one needs to apply / request to be admitted to a group. You can change the setting in "Group Admin" > > Group Overview > > Who can join (Apply to join -- moderator approval required or By invitation only)

Your group is a great valuable resource for other educators, and we'd love to assist you to keep its high content quality. Ultimately the group owner and group members have the "responsibilities" to actively monitor, control the content (actively remove inappropriate ones), etc. Group manager also has many group settings (such giving more trusted group members "moderator" status...) Like to invite you to read the "Group" in our Help to learn more about various options available to you.

Let us know if we can be of any further assistance.

~ Maggie
post by maggie_diigo on 2008-04-15
Vicki,

Good resources here. Would you like us to feature your group? (Note: if a group is being featured, while it gets great exposure and attracts more like-minded folks, there is also the potential downside to attract some spam as well.) Just let us know if you're interested or not. Either way is fine.

Keep up the great work.
post by maggie_diigo on 2008-04-27
We would love to be featured, just let us know when you do this, so I will be extra vigilant.

I wish there was a way to request people to send me a comment about why they want to join -- or when I am approving their membership that some basic profile would show. Or when I put my mouse over their name, that their profile popped up in a box. Moderating does take a bit of time!

Maggie Tsai wrote:
> Vicki,
>
> Good resources here. Would you like us to feature your group? (Note: if a group is being featured, while it gets great exposure and attracts more like-minded folks, there is also the potential downside to attract some spam as well.) Just let us know if you're interested or not. Either way is fine.
>
> Keep up the great work.
post by coolcatteacher on 2008-06-20
Vicki Davis wrote:
> We would love to be featured, just let us know when you do this, so I will be extra vigilant.

k - will do.

>
> I wish there was a way to request people to send me a comment about why they want to join -- or when I am approving their membership that some basic profile would show. Or when I put my mouse over their name, that their profile popped up in a box. Moderating does take a bit of time!

hm, currently the comment to group owner is optional. Your suggestion makes sense. will discuss here.
post by maggie_diigo on 2008-06-20

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Recommendation for this group membership setting