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Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup

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On Sunday, 26 March 2017 08:09:22 UTC+1, rickman  wrote:
> On 3/25/2017 6:32 PM, Cecil Bayona wrote:
> > On 3/25/2017 4:23 PM, rickman wrote:
> >> On 3/25/2017 4:33 PM, Cecil Bayona wrote:
> >>> On 3/25/2017 3:24 PM, rickman wrote:
> >>>> I created a Yahoo group for Mecrisp users.  If you are using Mecrisp or
> >>>> are interested in using Mecrisp you can discuss your project, usage and
> >>>> ideas at the link below.
> >>>>
> >>>> https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MecrispForth/info
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm thinking not all Mecrisp users use c.l.f.  Now all I have to do is
> >>>> reach them.  lol
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Big mistake not requiring members to be approved, you are going to get
> >>> spammers.
> >>
> >> Thank you for that reminder.  I don't approve new members, but new
> >> members' posts will be moderated until they are shown to not be
> >> spammers.  I don't think we will have much trouble with members needing
> >> moderation other than excluding spammers.  I'm not interested in the
> >> work of moderating.  I don't expect this group to attract too many
> >> members, but you never know.
> >>
> >
> > Moderating is not difficult, but spammers left on their own will create
> > many accounts and then bombard the list with spam, one can't delete them
> > quickly enough if the can create a new account without any barriers.
> >
> > Time will tell, I have belonged to groups that were rendered useless
> > until the owners started moderating new user comments and new accounts.
> > I'm one of the owners of a list with over 10000 members and its not bad
> > to keep an eye on things.
> 
> I already explained to you that I have moderation on new members.  I 
> have a dozen Yahoo groups that work this way and hardly hear from 
> spammers.  When they realize their posts will be moderated they go away. 
>   I even took over a group that was dead from spammers.  I turned on 
> moderation on new members and killed any existing members who spammed. 
> After a while the spamming all stopped and even the new attempts dropped 
> off to nearly nothing.
> 
> I will say that over the years most of the groups have gone into disuse. 
>   Mostly because the topics have become less interesting or obsolete.  I 
> have an ArmForth group that is essentially visited by one poster who 
> simply uploads his work to the files section.  He never really documents 
> his work so not many people utilize it, but some do.  Once in a while 
> someone asks a question about his stuff and I don't think I've seen a 
> reply.
> 
> I'm hoping the Mecrisp group will have a bit more success.  I'd like to 
> see Mecrisp acquire more documentation.  Some of that can come from 
> conversations about what people find hard to use or understand.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Rick C

Couldn't you set it up on Google groups instead? World+Dog has a google
account, but we're all trying to get away from Yahoo, running and screaming!

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Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-23 14:42 -0400
  Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-23 15:37 -0400
  Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-23 22:37 -0400
    Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Matthias Koch <matthias.koch@hot.uni-hannover.de> - 2017-03-27 15:27 +0200
      Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-27 10:56 -0400
  Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-25 16:24 -0400
    Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-03-25 15:33 -0500
      Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-25 17:23 -0400
        Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-03-25 17:32 -0500
          Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 03:09 -0400
            Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 02:50 -0700
              Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 07:56 -0400
                Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-26 11:04 -0700
              Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-03-26 13:24 -0500
                Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 14:45 -0400
                Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-03-26 14:16 -0500
                Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-03-26 14:53 -0500
                Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2017-03-27 02:16 -0700
                Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 12:51 -0400
                Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 12:56 -0400
                Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-03-29 12:24 -0500
                Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-03-29 12:32 -0500
                Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 14:15 -0400
            Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-03-26 13:44 -0500
    Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-25 14:42 -0700
      Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup john <anon@example.com> - 2017-05-03 11:30 +0100
  Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-03-26 13:56 -0500
    Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 16:29 -0400
      Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-03-31 16:49 -0500
        Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 18:16 -0400
  Re: Mecrisp Forth Startup rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 13:19 -0400

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