Posted by Dinah on July 12, 2005, at 4:13:09
In reply to Re: small boards and privacy, posted by Dr. Bob on July 12, 2005, at 2:25:02
No, boards aren't like shoe stores, because people aren't like shoes either. And discussions aren't like shoes. I guess you see so many posters come and go that it might not appear that way to you. But nonetheless it is true.
(Actually that's a rather utilitarian view of shoes as well. It's like my husband when he sets out to buy a pair of brown shoes. Not like me when I see those really cute pink tennies with daisies on them. It's not really that I'm setting out to buy shoes. I fell in love with *those* shoes.)
As far as posting, I guess people would find Babble in general first. Then, for whatever reason, would decide they would like to belong to a small group. I think it would be acceptable to allow anyone who signed up to belong to *a* small group to read the different groups to decide *which* small group to belong to, although admittedly that leaves a slightly bad taste in my mouth. But a less bad taste than the alternative.
You know, you should look at this in a more positive light. If boards were like shoe stores, and people just went from one store to the next in the mall, it would be a lot easier for people to leave. And no one would have cared enough to meet in Chicago.
I've often thought it would be much easier if boards, and board administrators, were more like washing machines in a laundromat, or shoestores. But they aren't.
poster:Dinah
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