Hey group owners

you would think so!

Sandy I don't know I have the exact same problem. I have just been deleting but over 100 a day is getting to be a lot. I am considering sending out a group email to my members reminding them that this is not a post all group and to please post content that goes with the theme of the group.

I have been thinking about sending one of those emails as well. But not really sure how to go about it. Since, members are in several groups. I would hate then to get it more than once. Than get upset with me. I am not sure if those members who post to all their groups even understand the problems they are causing.

Thanks For posting to Give Me Three!

I help moderate a group and the other day there was soo much BS that did not belong.. I hate when people do that.. we are adults here why cant they follow the simpe dang rules..

Hey Susan
Thanks for stopping by my article. Do you have any tips, hints, or suggestions to help me with the problem myself and other group owners are facing?

I get content in my word game group all the time that has nothing to do with games. I even have in the description, in bold letters, "it will not be approved if it doesn't reference word game, or game in the title". It's sad that some people can't read.

I'm just glad they put the descriptions by the groups as you chose; or else I would forget the purpose.

I only have an anything goes group right now. I do plan on starting one dedicated to a specific subject and will police it and boot anything out that doesn't belong.

i have a group, email goodies, that i don't moderate or even have time to look at so i don't what is in it really!

This is one of the reasons, why I gave up on moderating all except for two of my groups. I spent so much time every day on going through all of the wrong submissions.

Maybe you could feature a post telling everyone that after three strikes, anything submitted by them will automatically be rejected. (everyone can make a mistake once in awhile.)

Karen,
Did you even read all of my article? I am sorry but someone posting over 40 pictures of animals to an only people photo group is not a mistake. You can also tell by looking to see what other group the person has posted to and see if it was a mistake or not.

Best of luck handling it. I don't know the answer.

I have two post anything groups

I'm not a group owner but am so glad to see that a group owner is concerned about this problem. I hate, hate, hate to have to wade through all the irrelevant posts to get to what my group told me it was about. I don't think people should get any points when they pull this.

Yes, I did read your post. I just meant if it is an obvious habit, delete stuff from that person. I'm sure I have probably sent things to inappropriate groups by mistake, but I really try not too. It's irritating even if you're not a moderator. That bit at the end was just noting that sometimes people make mistakes, that's all.

I try to only join anything goes groups so this does not happen .

It must be very frustrating. I try to be extremely careful when posting anything, but I do recall making a mistake awhile back. When something is rejected, the poster receives a "rejection" notice. Getting even one of those should remind people to be more careful.

I've gotten emails from group owners gently reminding me not to post irrelevant content. usually I look back and realize I've been adding the wrong group by accident! It happens, sometimes.
For me, I just keep booting the articles and images.

easier to dump the people than the content. I hope I'm not one, I try hard to make sure I post what the groups are asking for. Sometimes I slip

Thanks for posting to 3ForAllWhoEnter where I always give out tens!! Yeah Points!!

I dont join a group because of this. I only join ones that take all content except R and X and ones that are active in the group. Which means they comment back. When Publishing something and you have 100 groups to publish too its just to hard to pick the right ones to send the content too.

Thanks for being in my group:

The group: We Comment Back

if they cant be bothered with knowing what my group is about i cant be bothered with them and they get the boot. accidents happen those I over look its the ones who do it over and over and over again that I get rid of. last year i was told by one member groups should not have rules LOL that they were on gather to have fun. basically I let them know they could have it any place on gather but my groups. some people are just jerks

I think I was accidentally sending picture that were not people pictures only and suddenly I noticed it and quit. Sorry if it was your group. I was going fast clicking the groups and just looking for words like photos, pictures, etc. Suddenly I noticed after all this time it said People Pictures only. I am very sorry! If I keep screwing you, you can delete me from the group and I'll understand, I wouldn't blame you!

Imagepoints, the place to be.
I'll comment you,
please comment me.
We'll get triple points you see! La la la! :)
Nice article! Gave you a 10!
Happy Triple Week!

Sandy ~ I know what you mean. I have two Single Parents Gathering and
ABC'S Lost. I run in a lot of people posting to ABC's Lost, I think some people think it is one of those self help places. I delete them. When it happens for the second time I send a kind email. I think also some people (myself included) get click happy when selecting groups to publish to.

Thank you for the group invite!

I often send emails to people when deleting non-related content and refer/invite them to the one post anything group I have to use for that instead. It usually works.

yep...happens all the time. For a while it was one person in particular who would submit seriously like 10 articles/images/videos each day to my moderated groups that had NOTHING to do with any of them. I finally emailed her after this went on for a few weeks to explain to her that the groups weren't post anything groups and they were specific to certain topics. She got pissed off and wrote a nasty email in return......guess people can't handle the truth!

thanks for posting to It's 3X the points, 3X the rewards!

I continually decline material that is not relevant. I don't ban anyone but I'm tempted to ban the people that do it on a daily basis to more than one of my groups. I have over 10 groups so it's time consuming to continually decline improperly posted content.

It would be sooooooo helpful if Gather would let us group our groups into files so that when we posted we could just select the correct file instead of having to click each group that we wanted to post to...... That way we could keep special groups separate from our general post all groups....

I sometimes have trouble deciding whether a post is appropriate for a group or not... for example... I recently posted an article on the coming famine in North Korea and I debated whether to post it to some of the animal welfare groups to which I belong..... why??? because the animals are suffering worse than the people are suffering.... and I thought that people who were interested in animal welfare would be interested in the article... even though it did not directly address the welfare of the animals....

I have also accidentally posted something to the wrong group and gotten a variety of emails back from the group owners... ranging from nice to nasty..... I quit posting totally for a while after a nasty email from a group owner.... it just was not worth the aggravation.... and it is so hard to post selectively....

I own one group and I do get a certain amount posted to it that really does not belong.... I don't think anyone is deliberately trying to abuse the group.... I think they are careless or maybe just desperate to try to make some points.... I delete the posts... I have not emailed anyone.... I actually just don't worry too much about it.... it comes with the territory.... it is why forums need moderators.... and it is a lot of work....

You could try asking a member or two to help you moderate the group.... That could lighten your load....

And thanks for commenting in my Author's Cafe.... come back whenever you have a chance and sit a spell....

Have a wonderful magical day....

Angel

Hi Sandy and Everyone! ~ Good Article!

I have five Groups only two seem to have the problem with irrelevant posts. It is not that the members do not understand (the ones who post irrelevant content), it is that they either do not care, do not read, or are inconsiderate. I've sent out emails stating that ALL irrelevant material would be deleted, to the Group members, and to individual offenders. The same people continue to do the same thing.

It is annoying, and what's worse, is that you think that the people who do this have more sense, and are more mature. I'm baffled at what's wrong with them. I think I'll start Therapy for Group Owners who have to deal with this issue.

Any Group Owners who would like Group Therapy can come to Artistic Therapy ~ The Therapy will be very GOOD for me, I know that! Sandy, you are certainly welcome to JOIN US!

Thanks Sandy for bringing this issue up.

Blessings ~
René

i just delete them if they dont go in my group

right now I delete (don't accept) it from the moderated que. a few times I have removed a person's ability to post to a certain group - not removed them from the group. good luck with this!

Do you rate any of the irrelevent content? If so how? So far I haven't at all.

I'd throw them a pm. They may have gotten into the habit of clicking that group without reading the description or really noticing it was for people only, and it really could've been an accident. If it happens again, though, deleting the person would probably be sufficient.

Sandy some I rate and read if it looks interesting, but still decline it if it's not relevant. If it's not of interest I simply delete and move on.

I used to post that it was declined and WHY but people got snippy about that, too. It seems unless you make a THEME group a post it all tempers will flair - on BOTH sides.

Sandy,

Great discussion!

Over 90% of all groups with a specific theme/topic FAIL within the first few weeks of creation because group owners can't keep up with the off-topic content being posted to their group.

Therefore, this represents a significant problem in the community. If a group owner has established a group title and description which clearly defines the focus of the group, then off-topic content is the responsibility of the member publishing.

I suggest writing a pleasant note to the person reminding them of the group's focus. After two of these notes, it is obvious that this person is not going to respect you and other members. Therefore, at that point I would remove them from the group without sending any notification. There is a high probability that the member will not even notice that they have been removed from the group.

I also recommend moderating your groups because it is MUCH easier to remove off-topic content from the moderation queue than it is to remove it once it appears in the group. You may notice a slight decline in content being published at first, but if you moderate regularly (releasing content quickly), you can actually increase your group's membership and content choices.

(I may post a similar comment on Rene Allen's related article)

Sandy... I have gotten it tooo