Chevy Chase - New List-Serv

[Anonymous]

For folks in the CC area, there's a longstanding moderated list-serv that is enormous and because it's moderated, messages may take a while to post, and they're often edited to conform to the standards of the moderator. Someone started an alternative - so far traffic has been pretty quiet, but hopefully it will hit critical mass and become a good alternative.

https://groups.google.com/group/Chevy-Chase-Listserv to sign up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For folks in the CC area, there's a longstanding moderated list-serv that is enormous and because it's moderated, messages may take a while to post, and they're often edited to conform to the standards of the moderator. Someone started an alternative - so far traffic has been pretty quiet, but hopefully it will hit critical mass and become a good alternative.

https://groups.google.com/group/Chevy-Chase-Listserv to sign up.

Lord...I'll sign up. I can't stand the moderator - she actually will change your messages. I don't mind some moderation but do not edit what I have said. Especially as it is not anonymous and my name is there. Argh. And she won't sign people up.

C'mon Upper NWesters...sign up!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting this.

The moderator of the existing Chevy Chase listserve is a total loon and would be more at home in the Soviet Union than in Chevy Chase DC.

[Anonymous]

There is already nextdoor - do we need another?

[Anonymous]

I'd like to know who's organized this one. there are plenty of loons in the neighborhood -- of varying ages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know who's organized this one. there are plenty of loons in the neighborhood -- of varying ages.

Does it matter - supposedly the new one is unmoderated. And presumably whoever it is won't be editing everyone's posts and the publishing them without letting the list (or the poster) know that the content was edited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know who's organized this one. there are plenty of loons in the neighborhood -- of varying ages.

OP here: You do still have to sign up: you'll receive a welcome note from the 'owner' (who I don't know personally, but is a friend of a friend.) I do like NextDoor, but it's not quite right for everything (I think).

[Anonymous]

The moderating is a little over the top (and I haven’t been able to get my husband signed up notwithstanding 3 requests) but I appreciate some moderating.
I am also a member of the Tenleytown list, which is terrible- full of spam, random political rants, huge extended quote excerpts. It’s almost unreadable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know who's organized this one. there are plenty of loons in the neighborhood -- of varying ages.

Does it matter - supposedly the new one is unmoderated. And presumably whoever it is won't be editing everyone's posts and the publishing them without letting the list (or the poster) know that the content was edited.

OP here: Oh, I've received phone calls from the legacy list-serv moderator, asking me questions about my post. And giving me long lectures on how I should lecture the owner of a dog I once found... She seems well-meaning, but I found it enormously annoying, and counter-productive when things are time sensitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know who's organized this one. there are plenty of loons in the neighborhood -- of varying ages.

Does it matter - supposedly the new one is unmoderated. And presumably whoever it is won't be editing everyone's posts and the publishing them without letting the list (or the poster) know that the content was edited.

OP here: Oh, I've received phone calls from the legacy list-serv moderator, asking me questions about my post. And giving me long lectures on how I should lecture the owner of a dog I once found... She seems well-meaning, but I found it enormously annoying, and counter-productive when things are time sensitive.

The moderator called me too once! Besides lighting into me about my post (which I wasted 3 days re-writing and never to her satisfaction so it went unpublished) she also criticized me for posting from work and asked what my employer would think - during a call she initiated to me during the work day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The moderating is a little over the top (and I haven’t been able to get my husband signed up notwithstanding 3 requests) but I appreciate some moderating.
I am also a member of the Tenleytown list, which is terrible- full of spam, random political rants, huge extended quote excerpts. It’s almost unreadable.

well, so this is the alternative - no moderating.

I'm happy with Next door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know who's organized this one. there are plenty of loons in the neighborhood -- of varying ages.

Does it matter - supposedly the new one is unmoderated. And presumably whoever it is won't be editing everyone's posts and the publishing them without letting the list (or the poster) know that the content was edited.

OP here: Oh, I've received phone calls from the legacy list-serv moderator, asking me questions about my post. And giving me long lectures on how I should lecture the owner of a dog I once found... She seems well-meaning, but I found it enormously annoying, and counter-productive when things are time sensitive.

The moderator called me too once! Besides lighting into me about my post (which I wasted 3 days re-writing and never to her satisfaction so it went unpublished) she also criticized me for posting from work and asked what my employer would think - during a call she initiated to me during the work day!

Oh M.R., never change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The moderating is a little over the top (and I haven’t been able to get my husband signed up notwithstanding 3 requests) but I appreciate some moderating.
I am also a member of the Tenleytown list, which is terrible- full of spam, random political rants, huge extended quote excerpts. It’s almost unreadable.

well, so this is the alternative - no moderating.

I'm happy with Next door.

Nextdoor is awful - filled with ads posing as legit posts. And not a lot of people are using it in my neighborhood so pretty limited value at this point. And I haven't tried it from my computer but I assume its not as good for searches and uploading documents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The moderating is a little over the top (and I haven’t been able to get my husband signed up notwithstanding 3 requests) but I appreciate some moderating.
I am also a member of the Tenleytown list, which is terrible- full of spam, random political rants, huge extended quote excerpts. It’s almost unreadable.

well, so this is the alternative - no moderating.

I'm happy with Next door.

Even with its obvious Silicon Valley bro-culture douchiness, I tend to agree Nextdoor is good enough. For deeper stuff, I think you need to contact people directly, not assume that a social media app or listserv will do the trick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The moderating is a little over the top (and I haven’t been able to get my husband signed up notwithstanding 3 requests) but I appreciate some moderating.
I am also a member of the Tenleytown list, which is terrible- full of spam, random political rants, huge extended quote excerpts. It’s almost unreadable.

well, so this is the alternative - no moderating.

I'm happy with Next door.

Even with its obvious Silicon Valley bro-culture douchiness, I tend to agree Nextdoor is good enough. For deeper stuff, I think you need to contact people directly, not assume that a social media app or listserv will do the trick.

Your Nextdoor is very different than mine. Mine is elderly folks and fearful gen xers, ranting about the homeless and accidentally responding to posters in a personal way but goes to the whole listserv, i.e., "oh hi Suzie, haven't seen you in a while, shall we get out for a walk soon?"