Everything In ModerationCreative ways to manage online communitiesIncorporating listening into teen moderation...- November 9, 2003 Fiona Romeo has written an interesting piece on listening rather than profiling teen males and suggests that the same techniques might have utility for moderators of teen-centred communities. She cites William Pollack's "tips for listening to boys": Honour a boy's need for "timed silence," to choose when to talk Find a safe place, a "shame-free zone" Connect through activity or play. Many boys express their deepest experience through "action talk" Avoid teasing and shaming Make brief...http://www.everythinginmoderation.org/2003/11/incorporating_listening_into_teen_moderation... The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group...- November 3, 2003 Thanks to Matt Webb, I've got my hands on an abstract for a paper about difficulty of initiation into groups. According to Aronson, E. & Mills, J. (1959). The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59, 177-181. there's a direct correlation between how difficult the process of initiation is and how much people will like the group once they have entered it. This clearly could have implications for the maintenance and creation of...http://www.everythinginmoderation.org/2003/11/the_effect_of_severity_of_initiation_on_liki... |