Re: Industry Members Only Sub-Forum

[Frank Kurz <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17/04/2011 9:41 PM, Jim wrote:
> On Apr 17, 5:26 pm, SRyckman<nevets...@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>> On Apr 17, 10:54 am, G. Morgan<usenet_ab...@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Why don't you just start with the people you know here to populate it?
>>
>> Because you can't have it both ways.   Either it's open to everyone or
>> there has to be a way to validate it which actually proves that the
>> members are professionals in the industry.   Although I'm sure all
>> members here are professionals in the industry there is nothing to
>> guarantee that so a blanket allowing of people here into the subforum
>> negates the whole point.
>
> I can see your reasons, however, as for me ..............  I (and I'm
> sure that others) will choose to not participate if I have to expose
> myself, my company, and my personal life to the vindictiveness of ass&%
> $*   (as you are well aware of such, who have frequented and bullied
> this group in the past) Although I 'm sure that there is no doubt by
> those present, that I have been in this industry for many, many years
> I have remained annonymous for over a decade here .... and will remain
> so.
>
> I will keep watch to see if other ways to join in the "subforum" in
> the future become available or ....... if you can think of another
> way, and think of me, please let me know.
>
> One thing that does make me curious is ..... if the group(s) do
> thrive, how on earth to you intend to find the time to monitior
> content so that posts are timely?  Seems like a very VERY time
> consuming job requiring impecable time sensitive diligence. Waiting
> two or three days for filtering all the comments on a hot topic would
> likely take the spontaneity out of the subject. Or if someone says
> something in a response that doesn't get "approved" and is edited
> out,   it could spoil a thread ....... or ..... since I have no
> experience with a moderated group, .... am I missing something?
>
> For one person to have the responsibility of moderating a group seems
> like a very constantly difficult task to take on with the expectation
> that it's going to be consistantly detailed 'forever" Read every post,
> every day, and decide if it's acceptable or not. Hmmmm! Not something
> "I'd" want to do, fer sure. I have important things to do in a days
> cycle and groups like this are simply a "hobby" and passtime while
> surfing. If I don't read it for a few days ...... no biggie. If I go
> away for a week or two and only check in a time or two ..... But .....
> A moderator has to read it EVERY day in order to keep the threads
> timely. How does that happen?


More than likely Steve will settle down to something like what I do with
a private forum I run.  I don't "review" every post but I get an email
alert when someone does post something.  I've published a TOS (a tad
more lengthy than Steve's), and while I don't require anyone to
"authenticate" their credentials, I do expect certain things.  New
applicants get their email and IP addresses "vetted" through a website
that tracks known forum spammers but that's about it.  The forum
software I'm running won't allow them to post anything until I verify
they're not going to fill the place up with Viagra and boob enhancement
ads.  :-)

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Frank Kurz
www.firetechs.net