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Post by cbagin on Aug 20, 2013 20:32:12 GMT -5
I think #1 would work well, but if someone said they wanted it taken down I think we'd have to
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Post by patriotsk1d on Aug 20, 2013 21:01:17 GMT -5
I completely forgot about the graveyard. That changes the game completely because it is the place for all of us to open up to each other and not be afraid to tell others about some of our privacy stuff so to have new people on here out of the blue and go on there to view stuff that SOME of the people might not be comfortable with sharing could create a big problem im gonna have to retract my vote in this case, because if someone isnt comfortable with having there privacy viewed to others they dont know, they shouldnt have to show it i dont know what the solution can be on this, but until theres a good idea for it, i changed my mind on my decision right now, but havent decided to lock into anything else We can easily fix this by restricting graveyard access to certain members only. I believe proboards allows certain sections to be viewable by members that are selected by the administrator.
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Post by TonOdanK on Aug 20, 2013 21:10:08 GMT -5
I'm happy with the people we have and like the idea of just having current members bring along new members. By brother and co worker should be signing up soon, I gave my co worker the link to here but forgot to ask him what email address he was going to use. If this does become a public forum it wouldn't bother me in the slightest, but I am ok with the way things are now
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Post by Panther on Aug 20, 2013 22:02:37 GMT -5
iirc I said that I was looking for something to put in, but I didn't see one and I don't know if it was possible for someone to make. Or I could learn javascript... Which won't be happening for a while.
I can block boards off by post count, but that won't stop people from making a script to spam while all mods are off and then come back and view all the boards. That's a extreme example, but not impossible.
We could do Plax's option and hide the board/category, but that could and would be a nuisance to everyone.
Ace pretty much has the same view as me on this subject...
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Post by patriotsk1d on Aug 20, 2013 22:59:54 GMT -5
iirc I said that I was looking for something to put in, but I didn't see one and I don't know if it was possible for someone to make. Or I could learn javascript... Which won't be happening for a while. I can block boards off by post count, but that won't stop people from making a script to spam while all mods are off and then come back and view all the boards. That's a extreme example, but not impossible. We could do Plax's option and hide the board/category, but that could and would be a nuisance to everyone. Ace pretty much has the same view as me on this subject... You can restrict access to a board/category by putting the board permissions on custom and then setting it to a certain rank. You can rank each member currently on this site above whatever ranking you put down on the settings, and then that would still allow the mods to be the ones who have to give members permission to access that section.
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Post by cantonhall34 on Aug 20, 2013 23:21:37 GMT -5
Generally I'm OK with more people coming in to join as long as everyone else is OK with it too. I'd hate to lose some of the good peeps on here because they weren't comfortable with that big of a change.
Also, I agree with the privacy thing. A lot of us on here have shared some pretty personal things that were shared in the context of confidence, trust and friendship "what happens here stays here" etc. That kinda personal stuff is part of what makes this community of ours so great. The idea that if someone is having a tough time or bad day, they are able to share that kinda stuff with others that will support them in whatever struggle or decision they are making, or as we move along we learn more and more about our fellow site members here. IF WE ARE to include new folks here, that kinda personal stuff will need to be pushed to a spot where those of us that are already here can still access it without the concern of having others we aren't familiar with seeing things that weren't meant for them. That sounds kinda harsh...it's really not intended to be, I'm just trying to be honest and think about all the possibilities. Like I said, I'd hate to lose any of our current members for the sake of adding a few newer ones.
I'm not sure if there's a perfect answer to this problem. I do agree with some of the folks on here (as Patsk1d has pointed out) that if there is a way to keep that stuff PRIVATE for all of us (the more tenured members), then I say let's do that. IF we get to a certain point where some of the newer people that come on board have shown that they are (for lack of a better term - but not really meant this way) "worthy" enough, then maybe they can be added to the LIST or whatever that can access that particular part of the site.
I don't know if BLOCKING BY POST COUNT would work that well. It sounds like some people would end up being blocked to certain areas because we don't post quite so much as others do. I've been around for a while, but my post count is not that large. If we did something that way I'd be blocked from the other areas?
Anyway, I'll vote...
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Post by Panther on Aug 20, 2013 23:26:57 GMT -5
iirc I said that I was looking for something to put in, but I didn't see one and I don't know if it was possible for someone to make. Or I could learn javascript... Which won't be happening for a while. I can block boards off by post count, but that won't stop people from making a script to spam while all mods are off and then come back and view all the boards. That's a extreme example, but not impossible. We could do Plax's option and hide the board/category, but that could and would be a nuisance to everyone. Ace pretty much has the same view as me on this subject... You can restrict access to a board/category by putting the board permissions on custom and then setting it to a certain rank. You can rank each member currently on this site above whatever ranking you put down on the settings, and then that would still allow the mods to be the ones who have to give members permission to access that section. You can only do that by either Staff Groups (which I don't want to do) or Post Count (which won't work as well as I'd like). I'd prefer to either use a Hidden Private Board or to find a script someone on the ProBoards Support Forum created for something like this.
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Post by 101mitch on Aug 21, 2013 0:06:35 GMT -5
Isn't there a way to up someone's post count? It isn't the best option, but we could up everyone's post count to say 1000.
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Post by patriotsk1d on Aug 21, 2013 0:09:02 GMT -5
You can restrict access to a board/category by putting the board permissions on custom and then setting it to a certain rank. You can rank each member currently on this site above whatever ranking you put down on the settings, and then that would still allow the mods to be the ones who have to give members permission to access that section. You can only do that by either Staff Groups (which I don't want to do) or Post Count (which won't work as well as I'd like). I'd prefer to either use a Hidden Private Board or to find a script someone on the ProBoards Support Forum created for something like this. I could try to script something if you want. I have a decent amount of experience and could probably get something to work. Now if we had a hidden board that showed up based on post count, then new members wouldnt know about it which would give them no reason to do the extreme when no mods are on.
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Post by DPNormanReturns on Aug 21, 2013 19:22:01 GMT -5
I don't know if I'd want just anyone coming. I voted for the third option because I want some sort of check before people can join. However, I don't come on here as often as many of you so don't mind me if going ahead with this is everyone's favorite option.
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