Humanely Wielding a Clue By Four: Reflections on Managing a Massive Mailing List

Presented at Notacon 2 (2005), April 9, 2005, 10 a.m. (60 minutes)

In its first three years, the mailing list css-discuss has generated nearly 60,000 messages (over 50 per day) and acquired over 5,500 subscribers. Despite this, its signal-to-noise ratio remains high and it is regarded as a very helpful and worthwhile community. List Chaperone Eric Meyer shares his experiences and reflects on being a benevolent dictator, outgrowing a home, augmenting the list with other resources, community direction, and warding off trolls, flames, and holy wars without trampling on everyone in sight.

Presenters:

• Eric Meyer - meyerweb.com
  Eric A. Meyer has been working with the web since late 1993 and is an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of HTML, CSS, and Web standards. He is currently Principal Consultant for Complex Spiral Consulting, focusing on helping clients understand and use open Web standards to cut costs and improve efficiency. When not otherwise busy, Eric is usually bothering his wife Kat in some fashion.

Links:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20050331054328/http://notacon.org/speakers.html#meyer
• https://infocon.org/cons/notacon/notacon 2 - 2005/Video/emeyer-mailing.mp4