> Occasionally folks join who have specific contributions to make and I like
> to personally welcome them.

> Initially I kept the group totally closed, focused only on implementors
> (i.e. folks who had sites that published activities) but over time opened up
> the list for anyone to read.

> In the lists that I've started and maintain (OAuth among them) I find that
> this initial hurdle not only keeps out spammers, but also increases the
> quality of participation and helps to introduce people to the list.

> We recently switched OAuth moderation off and moderate first posters, but I
> find this much less satisfying as I have less visibility into who is joining
> and what their interest is.

> I intend to continue moderating group membership until we hit around 500,
> then we can consider moving to open membership.

> Chris

> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Martin Atkins <m...@degeneration.co.uk>wrote:

>> I've heard from a few folks that this list is not open to all to join.

>> Any particular reason why? Can we open it up?

>> It's not very good perception-wise, aside from anything else. Plus, I'd
>> love to hear feedback from as many people as possible; currently I'm
>> getting feedback on atom-syntax because that's open, but of course that
>> fragments the discussion.

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