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The temperature of the water... John Bokma 04-11-2008
Posted by John Bokma on April 11, 2008, 11:30 pm
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Hi all,

Since Usenet is (again) eating up too much time (in my case), and somehow
I keep getting stuck in "flame-wars" / "troll-fests", I've decided to
leave Usenet (again), and probably won't come back

*insert the sound of a thousand weeping girls*

However, I consider some (more than you think) of the regs good friends,
and would hate to get out of touch (again).

So... I was thinking, who would be interested in a lighter version of this
group [0], on a web based forum [1]. SEO / web development will be on
topic, but also a lot of off-topic stuff that goes on here, and we can
think off :-D.

Based on my experience with another board I would say that at least 20 (!)
active people are needed to keep such a board from dying

I want to see if it's possible to get 20 people, and if we can get a more
mellow version of this group, without spam / trolling / flame fests /
hating / short tempers, etc.

I already admin one board, and so far everything stays quite peacefully.
If there are just a few people interested, I might consider inviting them
over, but not sure if they want to fit in.

Anyway, just testing the water. If no one is really interested, no
worries. You can always drop an email just to say hi / or with a question
on .htacess or whatever.

[0] I wanted to include aww as well, and all holds for aww as well, but I
figured if the water here is cold, it might be frozen in aww :-D.
(no offense)

[1] phpBB, hosted somewhere cheap, I have no problem taking care of that
part.

--
John Bokma http://johnbokma.com/

Posted by Big Bill on April 12, 2008, 1:17 am
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>Hi all,
>
>Since Usenet is (again) eating up too much time (in my case), and somehow
>I keep getting stuck in "flame-wars" / "troll-fests", I've decided to
>leave Usenet (again), and probably won't come back
>
>*insert the sound of a thousand weeping girls*
>
>However, I consider some (more than you think) of the regs good friends,
>and would hate to get out of touch (again).
>
>So... I was thinking, who would be interested in a lighter version of this
>group [0], on a web based forum [1]. SEO / web development will be on
>topic, but also a lot of off-topic stuff that goes on here, and we can
>think off :-D.
>
>Based on my experience with another board I would say that at least 20 (!)
>active people are needed to keep such a board from dying
>
>I want to see if it's possible to get 20 people, and if we can get a more
>mellow version of this group, without spam / trolling / flame fests /
>hating / short tempers, etc.
>
>I already admin one board, and so far everything stays quite peacefully.
>If there are just a few people interested, I might consider inviting them
>over, but not sure if they want to fit in.
>
>Anyway, just testing the water. If no one is really interested, no
>worries. You can always drop an email just to say hi / or with a question
>on .htacess or whatever.
>
>[0] I wanted to include aww as well, and all holds for aww as well, but I
> figured if the water here is cold, it might be frozen in aww :-D.
> (no offense)
>
>[1] phpBB, hosted somewhere cheap, I have no problem taking care of that
> part.

I can have a look. I'm sure you'll always be grateful for my technical
input :-)

BB
--

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Posted by John Bokma on April 12, 2008, 4:10 pm
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> I can have a look. I'm sure you'll always be grateful for my technical
> input :-)

Heh, like I wrote somewhere at the beginning, I am looking for a more
mellow input. There is place for technical input/output, I mean on "my"
board people also ask how to start a blog, which program to use for a
certain task, but it's mostly about how their life is going, their pets,
the issues at work, and fun stuff found on the Internet (a lot of NSFW
stuff as well).

--
John Bokma http://johnbokma.com/

Posted by 1001 Webs on April 12, 2008, 3:15 am
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> Hi all,
>
> Since Usenet is (again) eating up too much time (in my case), and somehow
> I keep getting stuck in "flame-wars" / "troll-fests", I've decided to
> leave Usenet (again), and probably won't come back
>
> *insert the sound of a thousand weeping girls*
>
> However, I consider some (more than you think) of the regs good friends,
> and would hate to get out of touch (again).
>
> So... I was thinking, who would be interested in a lighter version of this
> group [0], on a web based forum [1]. SEO / web development will be on
> topic, but also a lot of off-topic stuff that goes on here, and we can
> think off :-D.
>
> Based on my experience with another board I would say that at least 20 (!)
> active people are needed to keep such a board from dying
>
> I want to see if it's possible to get 20 people, and if we can get a more
> mellow version of this group, without spam / trolling / flame fests /
> hating / short tempers, etc.
>
> I already admin one board, and so far everything stays quite peacefully.
> If there are just a few people interested, I might consider inviting them
> over, but not sure if they want to fit in.
>
> Anyway, just testing the water. If no one is really interested, no
> worries. You can always drop an email just to say hi / or with a question
> on .htacess or whatever.
>
> [0] I wanted to include aww as well, and all holds for aww as well, but I
> figured if the water here is cold, it might be frozen in aww :-D.
> (no offense)
>
> [1] phpBB, hosted somewhere cheap, I have no problem taking care of that
> part.
>
> --
> John Bokma http://johnbokma.com/

And exactly, what kind of criteria would you apply to determine what
is SPAM, "flame-wars" or "troll-fests"?
Who will be the moderator?
And who will moderate the moderator?
And who will moderate the moderator that moderates the moderator?
...

Posted by Andrew Heenan on April 12, 2008, 4:15 am
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> So... I was thinking, who would be interested in a lighter version of this
> group [0], on a web based forum [1]. SEO / web development will be on
> topic, but also a lot of off-topic stuff that goes on here, and we can
> think off :-D.

I wish you well, and hope it comes off ... I'm the last person you'd want to
join, however, as I enjoy spitting on spammers, laughing at scammers and
poking the eyes of idiots who think they own usenet ;o)

But my experience of forums suggests that there's already plenty out there,
and if yours is too mellow, it'll simply dry up - many of the 'best' do.

Your best bet is to read around a few, find one that suits (you will); with
your record and abilities, it won't be long before you get invited to mod
... then you can have the duty of removing the ne'erdowells with one click -
which is, of course, much better than squabbling with them.

Sadly, the 'right' of free speech does not work unless there's a 'duty' of
integrity to go with it. I don't like censorship - but those out to abuse
can - and should - be invited to exercise their 'rights' elsewhere.

Good Luck
--

Andrew
seo2seo.com
sick-site-syndrome.com




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