Re: What the future holds for ASA

[tourman <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 11, 12:36=A0am, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Apr 10, 11:31=A0pm, SRyckman <nevets...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Apr 10, 6:55=A0pm, G. Morgan <usenet_ab...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > Maybe Mr. Ryckman will consider adding a "Pro's Only" sub-forum?
>
> > Not right away because the verification process would need to be
> > decided. =A0 Does providing an email address or web URL with a company
> > related page qualify? =A0 Do they have to be a licensed company in thei=
r
> > home state? =A0 =A0What about technicians of a company, do we call for
> > employment verification? =A0 Who does this verification process?
>
> To me, it's obviously to complicated to be managed properly. It seems
> (from this vantage point .... now) that even if managing it was
> successful initially, that eventually it would become to unwieldy. It
> would be reason to cause conflict between the veified and the non-
> verified. There would be people who change jobs and people with an ax
> of some sort to grind starting false rumors and acusations of who is
> telling the truth and who's not, would =A0no doubt abound.
>
> Steve is this new "group" being moderated (?) and if so .... by who?
>
> You'll have to excuse me. I've avoided this whole Facebook thing for
> want of better things to do with my life. I don't know if I will
> participate or not but I would like to see what becomes of it. I'm
> trying to sign up for it now. Back when I first came to ASA, I was
> looking for something a lot different than what happend here so I
> would be interested in participating if it came close to what I first
> envisioned. If it doesn't ...... well ...... ASA just might have to
> do. It is better now than it was here and as long as there are
> participants =A0I'll hang out.
>
>
>
> > As for the forum, if anyone doesn't want to participate in the forum
> > then don't. =A0 =A0Everyone knows that what this world needs is more
> > people who are glad to cut down ideas rather than try to promote our
> > industry in a more civilized manner.
>
> I'm curious about how control of this phenomena will be accomplished.

RHC: I see no real worth in such things as Facebook and Twitter;
frankly, I don't want to know what other people had for breakfast. Nor
do I want to connect with strangers other than my customers locally.
People coming in to a Facebook security forum are going to be the
types that are strictly DIY types, or of the simple minded mind set
that believe companies such as Alarmforce (for one) are great
services. Dialoguing with them is a waste of time and energy
generally. Over the years this forum has been a great place to
dialogue with other professionals in the industry even though we have
at times disagreed on some things vehemently. Even though it has
become somewhat "sparse" of late, it's still worth being here. I see
little redeeming value in opening up a forum that will not involve
security professionals as it CORE participants.

I personally plan  to stay in this forum and ignore moderated groups
entirely. Just my vote for what it's worth......