Peter,

The "work" I was talking about was the design, code, test and implement part, not any added day-to-day work by moderators.

cheers

>Hi Jim,
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>Thanks for reading, and apparently approving the main concept. See also my comment hereunder.
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>>Hi Peter,
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>>I'll offer a general reaction only...
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>>For myself I particularly like the concept of "exclusion" from the thread, (UT) forum or the UT in full.
>>I also like the concept of read-only access for members excluded from a forum specifically or the UT in general.
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>>While your proposal looks quite elaborate, I do think that this may constituite the "next level" of trouble handling for moderated forums. It may represent quite a bit of work for the UT ownership, but their doing it would surely become the "leading edge" in the handling of this kind of issue.
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>If it really causes a lot of work for the moderator(s), then it needs adjustments. But I think that it might also cause less work than the current practice, since there is no longer a need for the moderator to read along with all potentially sensitive messages.
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>'Leading edge' would mean exposure in magazines?!
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>>I am not a big fan of anonymous complaining but I guess it must be there.
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>>Jim