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The temperature of the water... John Bokma 04-11-2008
Posted by John Bokma on April 13, 2008, 2:53 pm
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>>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
>
> You can count me in.
>
>>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.
>
> Oh, wait a minute, that will count me out, won't it ? LOL

Heh :-) Nah, I think a mellow board stops people from spamming / trolling
/ flaming (well, way less).

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

Posted by Paul on April 13, 2008, 8:05 pm
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>
>
>[..]
>
>>>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
>>
>> You can count me in.
>>
>>>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.
>>
>> Oh, wait a minute, that will count me out, won't it ? LOL
>
>Heh :-) Nah, I think a mellow board stops people from spamming / trolling
>/ flaming (well, way less).

<G>
Count me in then John.
plh
Paul

Posted by John Bokma on April 13, 2008, 9:59 pm
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> Count me in then John.

OK, I hijack this one and x-post it to aww, and f-up to back here (aise).

Short summary: I am stopping with Usenet [0] (real soon now), but like to
stay in touch with people in both aise / aww.

I will configure coming week a web based forum (phpBB) on a spare domain I
have. If you're interested reply to this post by email, or email me:

contact at johnbokma dot com

I'll confirm your email asap. If you don't get a reply within one day,
post a comment on my site (see sig).

Some more info for people who read this the first time:

- everybody is welcome unless you want to make a mess of it
- I want to avoid moderation as much as possible [1]
- personal attacks are unwelcome / let the past be in the past
- the goal of the board is to provide a place to hang out, a virtual
water cooler. This means that aise/aww stuff is on topic, but that
there is a lot of room for off topic stuff (you, your life, pets,
music you like, movies you like, books you read).

In short: a friendly, mellow place to share the stuff that interests you;
both web development / SEO related (20%) as well as personal stuff (80%)
[2].

Since I am afraid that we get very little sign ups in the beginning (I was
hoping to get at least 20 people in total from both groups, but I guess
the real number will be closer to 10) if you know people who would be
interested, please invite those as well.


[0] Too much noise/spam, don't like the constant flaming (of which I have
done more than my share), etc.

[1] I am admin of another board for 3 years, and it's a very nice place
right now. The only moderation I've done so far is:

- locking threads when things went out of hand so people could cool
down (rare)
- moving aforementioned threads to a "hidden" area
- removal of spam (rare, and none after I hacked the default
phpBB CAPTCHA to be a bit harder)

[2] the % is just how I guess the ratio will be, in case you expect a
SEO / web development forum with hardly any "off topic" stuff. I
would like to see it the other way around.

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

Posted by Big Bill on April 15, 2008, 7:08 am
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>> Count me in then John.
>
>OK, I hijack this one and x-post it to aww, and f-up to back here (aise).
>
>Short summary: I am stopping with Usenet [0] (real soon now), but like to
>stay in touch with people in both aise / aww.
>
>I will configure coming week a web based forum (phpBB) on a spare domain I
>have. If you're interested reply to this post by email, or email me:
>
> contact at johnbokma dot com
>
>I'll confirm your email asap. If you don't get a reply within one day,
>post a comment on my site (see sig).
>
>Some more info for people who read this the first time:
>
> - everybody is welcome unless you want to make a mess of it
> - I want to avoid moderation as much as possible [1]
> - personal attacks are unwelcome / let the past be in the past
> - the goal of the board is to provide a place to hang out, a virtual
> water cooler. This means that aise/aww stuff is on topic, but that
> there is a lot of room for off topic stuff (you, your life, pets,
> music you like, movies you like, books you read).
>
>In short: a friendly, mellow place to share the stuff that interests you;
>both web development / SEO related (20%) as well as personal stuff (80%)
>[2].
>
>Since I am afraid that we get very little sign ups in the beginning (I was
>hoping to get at least 20 people in total from both groups, but I guess
>the real number will be closer to 10)

I think 10 is good. You can ask people you know too.

BB
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Posted by Paul on April 15, 2008, 11:42 pm
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>> Count me in then John.
>
>OK, I hijack this one and x-post it to aww, and f-up to back here (aise).
>
>Short summary: I am stopping with Usenet [0] (real soon now), but like to
>stay in touch with people in both aise / aww.
>
>I will configure coming week a web based forum (phpBB) on a spare domain I
>have. If you're interested reply to this post by email, or email me:
>
> contact at johnbokma dot com
>
>I'll confirm your email asap. If you don't get a reply within one day,
>post a comment on my site (see sig).
>
>Some more info for people who read this the first time:
>
> - everybody is welcome unless you want to make a mess of it
> - I want to avoid moderation as much as possible [1]
> - personal attacks are unwelcome / let the past be in the past
> - the goal of the board is to provide a place to hang out, a virtual
> water cooler. This means that aise/aww stuff is on topic, but that
> there is a lot of room for off topic stuff (you, your life, pets,
> music you like, movies you like, books you read).
>
>In short: a friendly, mellow place to share the stuff that interests you;
>both web development / SEO related (20%) as well as personal stuff (80%)
>[2].
>
>Since I am afraid that we get very little sign ups in the beginning (I was
>hoping to get at least 20 people in total from both groups, but I guess
>the real number will be closer to 10) if you know people who would be
>interested, please invite those as well.
>
>
>[0] Too much noise/spam, don't like the constant flaming (of which I have
> done more than my share), etc.
>
>[1] I am admin of another board for 3 years, and it's a very nice place
> right now. The only moderation I've done so far is:
>
> - locking threads when things went out of hand so people could cool
> down (rare)
> - moving aforementioned threads to a "hidden" area
> - removal of spam (rare, and none after I hacked the default
> phpBB CAPTCHA to be a bit harder)
>
>[2] the % is just how I guess the ratio will be, in case you expect a
> SEO / web development forum with hardly any "off topic" stuff. I
> would like to see it the other way around.

Did you get your email John ?
plh
Paul


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