John/Should we move to Google?

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Harsha,

 

I am on several groups who filter in the same way. It doesn't get all

the people who really don't belong but it does catch many of them.

 

I am with you on this one. I was on a group with a member who had good

insights but kept advertising his membership in the Church of Satan -

not really appropriate for a Buddhist or Non-Dual group. He was on

moderation, asked to stop it and finally left. He could have been

filtered out from the start.

 

I know that you want to keep options open and give people the

opportunity to grow and develop but it is also important to keep some

kind of focus allied with the purposes of such a list as this one

whole quality is quite high.

 

Those are my thoughts.

 

Blessings,

John

 

, Harsha wrote:

>

> Thanks John. I saw the same story. Google has denied this, of

course. We

> will just stay here.

>

> Should we open up the list again to whoever wants to join. Currently

> every new member has to apply and give some reason for their wanting to

> join and then I make a judgment. People who say nothing or say

> meaningless or irrelevant things are not admitted.

>

> If one of the long term members wants to and then

> as an experiment, you will see what I am talking about. Tell me if the

> admission process has become too rigorous.

>

> Harsha