[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Index by Month]

Re: [GSAS-Member] A forum



I'd be willing to help out moderating if it's needed.  I work as a  
receptionist in the afternoons and most of my time is spent writing  
papers for school and surfing the internet waiting for calls.

-Laurel
On Mar 6, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Berg wrote:

> Well if we decide to go down the road of setting up a forum I have a  
> lot of
> experience setting up phpbb and Gallery so I can help out if needed.
>
> Later,
> Berg
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Bryan Nichols  
> <b_monius_funk@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree about the "feeling like I'm spamming" argument. A forum would
>> eliminate that for me.
>>
>> I really don't think that moderating a forum would be difficult. It  
>> only
>> takes a few individuals to make sure everything stays family  
>> friendly. With
>> a group like this, I don't think we'll get into flame wars anyway.  
>> My wife
>> moderates a forum and I'd be willing to moderate a GSAS forum along  
>> with
>> some help if one ever materialized.
>>
>> Clifford Miller <clifford@clevergeek.com> wrote:
>> When I first joined up it seemed like it would be fun to have an easy
>> place to permantently share photos.  Two things I like about a forum
>> (and/or gallery setup) are that:
>>
>> 1) Some members might post more often to a forum than a list so  
>> they don't
>> feel like they're spamming everyone.
>>
>> 2) mailing lists (that lack attachment abilities) encourage text  
>> linking
>> from free photo-sharing sites for sharing pictures or files.  In my
>> experience, most of the things linked in list archives have long  
>> since
>> gone missing as accounts expire or things get deleted or moved.   
>> Even if
>> you find what you're looking for in the archives, if it's not a  
>> part of
>> the message text, it's probably gone.
>>
>> If anyone would be interested, it would be pretty trival (a couple of
>> clicks) to add a forum or gallery setup to my existing web host,  
>> and since
>> the account already has more storage and transfer than I'll ever  
>> use, it
>> wouldn't cost the group anything.
>>
>> I couldn't volunteer myself to police a forum or gallery full-time or
>> anything, but as has been said, there isn't really any existing  
>> moderation
>> going on now, so there probably wouldn't be all that much needed?
>>
>> Just offering options...
>>
>> Cliff
>>
>>
>>> On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Laurel Larsen wrote:
>>>
>>>> but I find forums to be a little more cohesive not only than the
>>>> mailing list, but also the archive, it's easier to share photos
>>>
>>> That is true about the photos.  The same scheme that keeps this list
>>> spam-free also is (for better or worse) what keeps us photo-free.
>>>
>>> However, it does make me think... we could open it up to allow small
>> photo
>>> attachments (jpeg only, say 200k total per e-mail?).  It means that
>> those
>>> e-mails would be larger when photos are attached.  Those  
>>> subscribed to
>> the
>>> digest would not get the photos, but they would be available in the
>>> archive.  If anyone has an opinion one way or another, e-mail me
>>> privately... it would be easy to do this on a trial basis and turn  
>>> it
>> back
>>> off if it got out of hand.
>>>
>>>
>>>> registration could be filtered allowing only members to  
>>>> register(with
>>>> their member number).
>>>
>>> This is a bit more tricky, because it requires synchronizing of the
>>> database with the forum, or someone to moderate subscribe  
>>> requests, etc.
>>> Much like public radio, we don't actually keep non-members off this
>> list,
>>> theory being that it may encourage them to come to a meeting or an
>>> auction, or even (gasp) join!
>>>
>>>
>>>> I understand that most forums require moderation, but there is  
>>>> none on
>>>> the mailing list and I have yet to see crazy arguments, rants or  
>>>> death
>>>> threats.
>>>
>>> It's not so much the discussions getting out of hand as the
>> opportunistic
>>> spam bots and other completely unrelated junk that shows up.  It's
>> really
>>> nice that this list has essentially had no spam on it for going on  
>>> nine
>>> years now.  Over on the AGA forum, until we added a customized  
>>> 'plant
>>> quiz' to the registration (something I had to custom-code), we were
>>> getting 2-5 messages a day posted for Cell phone accessories,
>> prescription
>>> drugs, and other inappropriate topics.  And they're all posted by
>> robots,
>>> so they never stop.
>>>
>>>> It's merely an idea that
>>>> I thought I'd throw out there since many other regional clubs have
>>>> forums.  :)
>>>
>>> Definitely -- don't stop with the ideas!
>>>
>>>   - Erik
>>>
>>> --
>>> Erik Olson
>>> erik at thekrib dot com
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> GSAS-Member mailing list
>>> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com
>>> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> GSAS-Member mailing list
>> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com
>> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>> Never miss a thing.   Make Yahoo your homepage.
>> _______________________________________________
>> GSAS-Member mailing list
>> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com
>> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member
>>
> _______________________________________________
> GSAS-Member mailing list
> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com
> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member

_______________________________________________
GSAS-Member mailing list
GSAS-Member@thekrib.com
http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member