P.S. And on the New User's forum/group I would vote for the sort of moderation whereby if only people misbehave they are kicked out, and even then, if the infringement is only mild then they are merely sent warnings in the first instance.
On Monday, December 8, 2014 2:03:49 PM UTC, John Smith wrote: > > Hello > > It is clear that new users and long-time users have very different > requirements. > > I think it's important for the long-time users of MLO to have a place > where they can have in depth, carefully considered conversation, normally > having read the relevant parts of the manual about the extremely complex > system (or should I say 'platform'? ;^) ) that his MLO. And to be able to > do so without distracting noise & chatter from new users. > > As a new user I would like a place where I can have a very different, much > more informal sort of conversation. When I first moved to MLO I wanted to > be able to spray out at least 1 at least one question every half hour of > using the system. But I did not want to irritate the experts during the > process. I do NOT expect to have all my questions answered. I want > something more like a chat room or Twitter, where you tweet out to the > universe and you may or may not get a direct message back, depending on > whether or not anyone else is listening (i.e. following *and* reading). I > also want to be able to retract or edit my questions if I discover answer > to my question or have the misspelled something before anyone got to answer > my question. > > Possible solutions: > > 1. Another Google Group. > It's quite easy to start another Google Group called say > "MyLifeOrganised.new.users" > On the down side editing posts appears to be impossible (??) > > 2. Google+ > Perhaps a more modern solution? > (Although I have never used it seriously) > > 3. A Free Hosted Forum > e.g. > - https://www.proboards.com/free-forum-features > - http://www.lefora.com/ > - ?? > > > Any thoughts/other suggestions? > > If nobody stops me in the first instance I will probably just start new > Google Group as a experiment, but with the clear understanding that we > decide to delete the whole group if unsuccessful and/or anyone has a better > idea. > > J > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/c3fbc22c-d35a-4d10-95c0-fe2b47d1a5f8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
