Freecycle rant
Mar. 19th, 2006 01:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
avanta7I'm seriously peeved at the moderator of the local Freecycle group. I submitted no less than five offers yesterday morning for various and sundry household items we've had lying about for ages, and not one of them has been passed through to post on the site as of this moment, more than 24 hours later.
See, the moderator insists on reviewing every single submission for "appropriateness" before passing them along to be posted on the group bulletin board. Now, if she reviewed her inbox a couple of times a day, this wouldn't be a problem. But apparently it's a "whenever I get time, oh maybe tomorrow" thing, which annoys me to no end. It creates unnecessary delay, and often results in a large number of submissions being posted on the site at once, whenever the mod finally gets around to reviewing her e-mail. There have been times when I've gotten a dozen or more e-mails for new posts in an evening, and the time stamp on those posts ranges anywhere from 12 to 48 hours apart.
This sort of moderation isn't necessary. If anything "inappropriate" is submitted, the mod can always delete the post and ban the poster. (I've moderated a Yahoo! group myself and done it. I know it's possible.)
For crying out loud, I just want somebody to take these surplus shower curtains off my hands!
Okay. There. Rant over.
See, the moderator insists on reviewing every single submission for "appropriateness" before passing them along to be posted on the group bulletin board. Now, if she reviewed her inbox a couple of times a day, this wouldn't be a problem. But apparently it's a "whenever I get time, oh maybe tomorrow" thing, which annoys me to no end. It creates unnecessary delay, and often results in a large number of submissions being posted on the site at once, whenever the mod finally gets around to reviewing her e-mail. There have been times when I've gotten a dozen or more e-mails for new posts in an evening, and the time stamp on those posts ranges anywhere from 12 to 48 hours apart.
This sort of moderation isn't necessary. If anything "inappropriate" is submitted, the mod can always delete the post and ban the poster. (I've moderated a Yahoo! group myself and done it. I know it's possible.)
For crying out loud, I just want somebody to take these surplus shower curtains off my hands!
Okay. There. Rant over.
