I'm leaning the opposite way with security: we need moderated membership, at least at the beginning when all the trolls will know exactly where to find us. I've seen this idea used before, so I know it works pretty well. It's labor-intensive, but would allow for people who are new to DW to still be included.
The mods are the first members. They invite people. Each new person is allowed a certain number of invites, possibly including why they think that person is trustworthy - link to their Tumblr as evidence, know them IRL, etc. (This is handled through a screened master post.) The mods check each person, invite them, and once the new people have read and commented on the rules/FAQ post they are allowed to invite their 3 (or however many) people. If someone duplicates a nomination, they are allowed to name another person so their turn isn't wasted.
Like I said, this obviously takes a lot of mod time to get off the ground. I would be willing mod at the beginning to help out with the work load, then step down when things are less hectic. The one real problem I see is if people come across the group via the asexual tag here. Perhaps there could be an open thread for requests from people who feel like they don't have someone to vouch for them? I don't think we would need to be on the voucher system for terribly long, so once we switched to normal moderated membership and/or posting, we could do a basic quick vetting of the people on the list and let them in.
Yes, it's a lot of work, but I really feel like anything unmoderated at this point is troll bait. If this is our safe space, we shouldn't give people a chance to come in and be offensive at all, even if they do get banned immediately. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst, because we've seen some of the worst of people.
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Date: 2011-07-31 02:32 am (UTC)The mods are the first members. They invite people. Each new person is allowed a certain number of invites, possibly including why they think that person is trustworthy - link to their Tumblr as evidence, know them IRL, etc. (This is handled through a screened master post.) The mods check each person, invite them, and once the new people have read and commented on the rules/FAQ post they are allowed to invite their 3 (or however many) people. If someone duplicates a nomination, they are allowed to name another person so their turn isn't wasted.
Like I said, this obviously takes a lot of mod time to get off the ground. I would be willing mod at the beginning to help out with the work load, then step down when things are less hectic. The one real problem I see is if people come across the group via the asexual tag here. Perhaps there could be an open thread for requests from people who feel like they don't have someone to vouch for them? I don't think we would need to be on the voucher system for terribly long, so once we switched to normal moderated membership and/or posting, we could do a basic quick vetting of the people on the list and let them in.
Yes, it's a lot of work, but I really feel like anything unmoderated at this point is troll bait. If this is our safe space, we shouldn't give people a chance to come in and be offensive at all, even if they do get banned immediately. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst, because we've seen some of the worst of people.