Posted by Kath on October 31, 2009, at 10:41:52
In reply to Ummm, not so easy???, posted by muffled on October 29, 2009, at 19:40:02
> I just wonder about privacy issues and stuff.
> I don't know how one is able to run a 'site'. Who controls said site?The one I was a member of was through YahooGroups.com Muffy.
I guess the person who started it could control it as to if the public can see anything. You can set them up in different ways as Tabitha has talked about above.
> Who has all the files? On what computer?
~ ~ As Tabitha, I guess the server at Yahoo is where they'd be. There are tons of Yahoo Groups that people set up.
>If its members only, then how safe ACTUALLY is what you say?
~ ~ Well, I guess at least as safe as it is here! I guess it's a 'safe' or comfortable as one feels about the other members! We had it set up at the end that only new people who were known to existing members could join & I believe we agreed that we would consult existing members & if there were any who did not want the new person to join, that's how it would be. At that point, the use was way down & it sort of petered out.
> Where are the archives held?
~ ~ The company server I guess.> And ya....sigh...people will be people, and there is likely to be issues...
~ ~ yup. From 2000 to 2007 I only remember 2 issues. One was during the VERY emotional period of 9/11. It was very brief, from what I remember. The other was when someone unknown to any of us was allowed to join & from that event, the agreement was made about how to decide if somebody could join.
> I guess one thing I really DID like about babble, was that we were able to be helping others with our posts, and this would not be so on a members only site.
~ ~ That's true.
Also, I myself have huge issues with anything even slightly resembling intimacy. Hence my dislike of bablemail.
~ ~ Then a private site probably wouldn't feel comfortable for you.
> I am thinking that it may not be quite as easy as we might wish.
~ ~ A private site would be pretty easy I think, but there'd be the issue of how to deal with it if someone WAS being mean or abusive!!??
> Kath, your so sweet, and I admire your being proactive, but I guess I been burned and am nervous now.
~ ~ Thx Muffled. I don't know if I have the emotional energy to be involved in a new site if there was one. I suspect I'd try it, but would probably be pretty darned freaked out if some nastiness happened!!!!
> Maybe there are some good sites others have discovered?
> I have a site I like, but its a bit slow...
> Anyhow, I will watch and see if there are some ideas...
> Take care,
> M~ ~ Is the site you like slower than it is here these days?
luv ya Muffy,
Kath
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