I tried the forums some years back. I found dinky's rules and application of them so strict that I felt it wasn't a place anyone could contribute anything. It was just a place for reporting get_iplayer bugs or BBC changes, and anything else got deleted.
-- Owen Smith <[email protected]> Cambridge, UK > On 13 Apr 2020, at 23:23, VeniVidiVideo <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 12, 2020, at 10:32 AM, SquarePenguin <[email protected]> > wrote: >> BLUF: Dinky's decided to bow out of the forums completely. This has forced >> me to start taking notice of forum things for the first time in a long time, >> so I'm seeking your input as to what to do with them. > > I mainly just use the email list. > > I don't know the forum software, but wonder if it could be more group-policed > to reduce the burden on the moderator(s)? Have a button to report problem > postings/emails. Those reportings would have to be moderated, but not every > post. If the moderator agrees the post is a problem, follow your usual > procedure for problem posts. If not, apply that procedure to the person who > reported it. This wouldn't eliminate the need for oversight, but should > reduce it significantly. > > And if the rules are relaxed to basically just "don't be rude" and "don't go > off-topic", but expand on-topic to anything to do with access to BBC > programming, there really shouldn't be much to moderate. > > Just a thought. > _______________________________________________ > get_iplayer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
