A Bad Implementation    (01)

Description    (02)

• Large Group (~90 people)    (03)
• Wanted internal discussion    (04)

Attempt #1    (05)

• Unmoderated list    (06)
• Automatic subscription    (07)
• No education    (08)
• Result: Lots of spamming, flame wars, very little constructive discussion    (09)

Attempt #2    (010)

• Unmoderated -> Moderated    (011)
• Result: Traffic too high to be easily moderated, charges of censorship    (012)

Recommended Implementation    (013)

1. Vital Announcement List    (014)
• Auto-subscription    (015)
• Moderated    (016)
2. Discussion List    (017)
• Auto-subscribe, but give option to unsubscribe    (018)
• Unmoderated    (019)
3. Education    (020)
• Documentation    (021)
• 10-15 minute discussion of etiquette at meeting    (022)