Jim Logajan
2006-05-26 01:07:58 UTC
Description:
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Job opening for one or two co-moderators.
Salary:
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Nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. In fact it is even negative at times.
Other benefits and perks:
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Hmmm. Um. Not much. Well, you do get to see posts before anyone else.
Duties and requirements:
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Recognize and approve topical posts, silently dump spam, and
diplomatically reject flames, off-topic, stealth ads, and outrageously
libelous posts, among other reasons for rejection.
Ideal candidates must be willing to approve posts they violently disagree
with but are nevertheless topical, and be willing to reject posts they
heartily agree with but are against policy.
Must be willing to check for new posts on at least a daily basis -
ideally even more often than that.
Ideal candidates should have a basic technical understanding of Usenet
and how moderated groups work or have sufficient background in network
software that the workings of Usenet can be quickly learned on ones own
time. Knowledge of how to stop and start a program on a Linux system and
basic shell commands is also helpful, but not required.
Ideal candidates will also have a background in running a business.
Co-moderators must have either a MS Windows machine they are willing to
install the Python language on or a Linux machine with Python/Tkinter
installed. The software currently being used to moderate the business
newsgroups is open source software called PyModerator that I wrote a few
years back. Co-moderators will need to download the software from here:
http://www.lugoj.com/products.html
Other stuff:
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The currently active co-moderators are myself and Scott Jensen; George
Demmer and Mike Turco are not currently active. I will be retiring from
active moderation, which would leave only one active moderator for four
groups. I will remain available during the transition period (about
mumble mumble weeks).
I will stick around to handle the technical side of things for a while,
but I'd really like one or more people who can take over everything. I
recently moved the moderation server from my home machine to a commercial
Linux shell account and I am willing to cover its cost indefinitely, if
need be (it's only ~US$11 a month). The PyModerator server also hosts
five moderated Usenet groups (sci.nanotech, misc.business.consulting,
misc.business.moderated, misc.business.marketing.moderated, and
misc.entrepreneurs.moderated) so it would be nice if one of the new co-
moderators were technically savvy enough to that they could tend to
server maintenance (normally just stopping and starting the server
process and informing the moderators of all the groups of any downtime).
There is absolutely no need to co-moderate the sci.nanotech group - a
moderator for that group already exists.
E-mail if you are interested - even if you think you're a less than ideal
candidate. Thanks all!
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Job opening for one or two co-moderators.
Salary:
-------
Nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. In fact it is even negative at times.
Other benefits and perks:
-------------------------
Hmmm. Um. Not much. Well, you do get to see posts before anyone else.
Duties and requirements:
------------------------
Recognize and approve topical posts, silently dump spam, and
diplomatically reject flames, off-topic, stealth ads, and outrageously
libelous posts, among other reasons for rejection.
Ideal candidates must be willing to approve posts they violently disagree
with but are nevertheless topical, and be willing to reject posts they
heartily agree with but are against policy.
Must be willing to check for new posts on at least a daily basis -
ideally even more often than that.
Ideal candidates should have a basic technical understanding of Usenet
and how moderated groups work or have sufficient background in network
software that the workings of Usenet can be quickly learned on ones own
time. Knowledge of how to stop and start a program on a Linux system and
basic shell commands is also helpful, but not required.
Ideal candidates will also have a background in running a business.
Co-moderators must have either a MS Windows machine they are willing to
install the Python language on or a Linux machine with Python/Tkinter
installed. The software currently being used to moderate the business
newsgroups is open source software called PyModerator that I wrote a few
years back. Co-moderators will need to download the software from here:
http://www.lugoj.com/products.html
Other stuff:
------------
The currently active co-moderators are myself and Scott Jensen; George
Demmer and Mike Turco are not currently active. I will be retiring from
active moderation, which would leave only one active moderator for four
groups. I will remain available during the transition period (about
mumble mumble weeks).
I will stick around to handle the technical side of things for a while,
but I'd really like one or more people who can take over everything. I
recently moved the moderation server from my home machine to a commercial
Linux shell account and I am willing to cover its cost indefinitely, if
need be (it's only ~US$11 a month). The PyModerator server also hosts
five moderated Usenet groups (sci.nanotech, misc.business.consulting,
misc.business.moderated, misc.business.marketing.moderated, and
misc.entrepreneurs.moderated) so it would be nice if one of the new co-
moderators were technically savvy enough to that they could tend to
server maintenance (normally just stopping and starting the server
process and informing the moderators of all the groups of any downtime).
There is absolutely no need to co-moderate the sci.nanotech group - a
moderator for that group already exists.
E-mail if you are interested - even if you think you're a less than ideal
candidate. Thanks all!