Economy
In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday, December 12, 2011 [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,157 posts)The post I wrote volunteering to be a host was up, active, and open to all
until Skinner approved it just before noon today. People were free to comment on it all that time.
(Many of the other group hosts were approved on Sunday, btw.)
More importantly, and this got lost in the SMW thread today, SMW had been banned by LBN on Sunday,
it got locked, LBN will not let it in.
Here is the link to that info.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/111659#post4
I cannot see why having a host whose only job is to address off topic POSTS would "disrupt" or compromise SMW.
SMW is a "post" which people have asked to have in this group since LBN no longer allows it, it clearly fits the group's Statement of Purpose. A a host cannot block posts that fit a group's statement of purpose.
If a THREAD which is IN SMW is disruptive, it is not the group hosts job to do anything,
except, as member, perhaps alert on it, as any member of the group can/should do.
The alert function is handled by a jury selected from all over DU, has nothing to do with a group host function.
Concerns about the changes have been voiced a lot on DU these past few days, and most of them are being re-directed to Help and Meta Discussion.
I think over time people will see that group hosting has very little impact, esp. in this group.