Posted by Minnie-Haha on June 14, 2005, at 14:10:24
In reply to Lou's reply to Minnie-iflouruldthebrd » Minnie-Haha, posted by Lou Pilder on June 14, 2005, at 12:32:56
> Minnie,
> You asked if the forum was moderated 24/7, would there be a decrese in requests.
> I have explained that I think that they would…
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> The question that I see is concerning the feasibility of such. With 20 boards, there could be 24 moderators for each board, rach doing 1 hour shifts. Some live in Europe and Asia and Austrailia and the US and Canada and South America so that ther could be people that could not be taken from other activities so that there could be a world-wide coverage of moderators. These moderators could came from universities and such and they could be given, lets say, one credit hour toward their departments needed hours for such…
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> … This is what I consider to be the best way to have a mental health forum for those seeking support. I think that it would transform the internt mental helth community into a healthy place for all. With my sysytem, no one would fear, no one would be discriminated upon, no one would be subject to one man's thinking.It's an interesting alternative, but it would require 480 committed and trustworthy people (English speakers?) to keep it going. And not just any 480 people, but roughly equal numbers from each continent for each board. And since so many figures of speech have been questioned, they should probably be people who have a keen understanding of the origins and use of idioms, not only in their region, but in other posters' regions too. Considering that most of this forum’s requests for determination on the acceptability of others' posts originate with you (IMO) do you think it makes sense to set up such a system? It would be a full-time job to manage the whole thing. I mean, someone would need to oversee it and make sure it's operating the way it should (even if it’s not Dr. Bob). Do you think it's practical to think this site could be changed to run in this way? Do you think making so many requests will make it happen? And since you are passionate about how such a site should be run, and have given a lot of thought to the many details of running such a site, why not start one up yourself?
And could you please answer how you’d feel about guidelines on this forum in the meantime like this:
1) A person can only make unlimited (so to speak) requests for determinations on posts that are either A) in response to a post he/she has made, B) is about him/her or something he/she has posted, or C) is in a thread that he/she has been actively involved in? (“Actively” in this case to be defined by Dr. Bob, or a vote, or whatever.)
2) That a person can only make limited requests for determinations on posts that are A) not in response to something he/she has posted, B) not about him/her or something he/she has posted, and C) not in a thread that he/she has been actively involved in? (“Limited” to be defined by Dr. Bob, or a vote, or whatever.)
3) That when someone’s post is being questioned, they must receive a notice, so that they may, if they choose, defend what they’ve said.
poster:Minnie-Haha
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