Re: An OT thread about the forums

2020-04-13 Thread Owen Smith 
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.

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Owen Smith 
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> On 13 Apr 2020, at 23:23, VeniVidiVideo  wrote:
> 
> On Apr 12, 2020, at 10:32 AM, SquarePenguin  
> 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.
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Re: An OT thread about the forums

2020-04-13 Thread Jim web 
In article <1725855064.17870.1586711881...@office.mailbox.org>, Dave
Lambley  wrote:


> I was not aware that there even was web forum, but I am painfully aware
> how forums can become unpleasant. The one Discourse forum I am on
> however is remarkably non-toxic.

I just use two Forums (Fora?). Both are well moderated and anyone who
behaves like a PITA gets ejected. This does require active moderation,
though.

I use many email lists. These can be moderated, but it is easy to killfile
and spam filter them.

I much prefer email lists as I can organise and keep the postings in
suitable 'mailboxes' and then do regex searches on them to find out things.
Although OT in its subject, this means I've been able to find material
reaching back to the late 1990s for my 'biog' pages! Not something I'd have
found easy with a web forum!

So, personally, I'd be happy for any web forums to vanish, and maybe just
be email lists. But I'd hate to lose the email lists as they can be very
useful as a way to share info.

Jim

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