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What is appropriate content for DonationCoder?
wraith808:
Actually the "Porn drives technology online" argument doesn't hold water for me
-Carol Haynes (January 05, 2008, 05:00 AM)
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You obviously are in the minority. (only a very very little bit NSFW for a word or two, should be acceptable to most)
-tinjaw (January 05, 2008, 06:07 PM)
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LOL... that was exactly what I was thinking about when that statement first came up... If I could get to youtube from my client site, I would have posted it myself!
Lashiec:
I'm far to the north ;D
Whoo, the moderators are going crazy, unlocking threads and everything.
J-Mac:
Hey... It wasn't locked when I got here - honest!
Jim
J-Mac:
My final comment here on the topic:
The question keeps coming up about exactly whom should determine what content is appropriate and what is not. That's easy! He who owns the ball makes the rules. Determination in all cases can only be made by mouser, as it is his forum. No one can truly be objective, but mouser doesn't need to be objective; any content filtering decisions should be his.
Other forums with which I am familiar publish fairly detailed rules for posting. (And some have very vague rules also). And then Moderators enforce those rules, usually only as to minor infractions with any serious or controversial posting problems being brought directly to the administrator for action. Works at most forums!
mouser expressed the following in his first post in this thread:
...Let me say that i am very interested in the site being a friendly place for young kids to be able to hang out. We had a poll recently of reader ages, and id say we have a definite demographic that skews older, we do have some younger people, and young coders...-mouser (January 03, 2008, 05:18 PM)
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If that is what he wants, he will probably be somewhat cautious in post content monitoring. If he decides that this is not a forum where children should be, then he should decide to be much more lax with the rules. He is ultimately responsible for the forums, but if he decides to leave it up to users - who will never really agree as to unacceptable content - then he might want to change the comment about the site being for "young kids".
Or create limited access forums for the content that he might find not suitable for those young kids.
Just some thoughts.
Jim
mouser:
Let me make a last comment and then close this thread so we can continue spin-off discussions in spin-off threads.
I once started an academic discussion group and a professor i respect told me that most of these things fail and that you really need someone to take responsibility and basically make sure everything gets done -- that if you just hope that everyone will chip in, it won't work.
In many respects i've found that to be true, at least in the initial phases of a new endeavor. It really does take one or two people to spearhead a project. Things just don't get done otherwise -- most things require some concentrated effort and responsible coordinating that doesn't just spontaneously arise from a group.
On the other hand, as things develop, a project like DC grows and evolves. This forum is now a self-sustaining enterprise and i do not view it as my job to decide the rules. I do still think that ultimately sometimes decisions are best made by one or two people rather than putting every micro-level issue to a direct one-person, one-vote poll, not just for practical purposes, but to ensure some kind of consistency and avoid things becoming a constant campaign for influence.
But anyway i do want to emphasize that, especially with regard to this forum, it's purpose is mostly to be useful to the people who hang out here, and i view it as my goal to ensure that it continues to be so, rather than to impose my personal views about content and organization. I do have strong opinions sometimes and i will advocate for them when i think it's important, but i think decisions about the forum should not be based on what I want but what's best for the community.
Of course it's impossible to be all things to all people, so sometimes we may have to make choices about where to focus our efforts and our attentions.
Unlocked for a little more - but please only post if you have have something useful to add :)
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