I’m working on undermining the World Order from within.
This 55+ community of some 7000 residents has two message boards - both Yahoo groups which have not been updated or supported since approximately the last century. You can’t post on the web, and every email post generates an email TO EVERYONE. And every response includes the prior post plus reams of internet gibberish. In digest form (still 5-10/day) means you miss the timely receipt of information.
It is used for all sorts of communications, requests for recommendations, and complaints. The recommendations part drives me NUTS - the same questions are asked over and over and over, because there’s no way to organize the responses and the unsupported Yahoo search function SUCKS. And you can only search the web version, but you can’t post from it. Many people can’t stand the barrage of emails that are 99% redundant to previous emails.
And discussions are not allowed. And you have to sign your posts with your full name, or get moderated.
The OTHER group is specifically for “discussions.” I joined it last year and lurked for several weeks, to get the ethos of the board - and then tried to disrupt it. It is run by and for the Uber-right wing nutjobs in the community, and no dissent with those views is allowed. I already knew this from a couple of more liberal neighbors who were kicked off for trying to “discuss” things with the regulars.
Once I started posting and arguing with the old farts, it was not very long before I got kicked off - for forgetting to sign my posts.
So, recently, two of the three moderators on the main, non-discussion board announced that they were tired of the thankless task of trying to keep the fogeys in line, and that if other moderators didn’t volunteer, they were going to close it down.
So with Liz’s blessing and offer of server space and startup tech support (bless her!!), I bought a license to this board’s basic software and bought a domain for the community, and I’m about to launch it, with the help of a volunteer with some tech expertise that Liz is working with on the backend, and a couple of moderators (including one of the mods from the main board!). I’m hoping they won’t have much to do, because nobody has to read or receive notices of any forum they’re not interested in, and there is the ignore function for people who annoy you.
I’m hoping most of the people will move to the new board and the people who couldn’t stand the barrage of emails will now rejoin the community.
And to be able to argue with some of the Tea Baggers on the Politics discussion forum, without moderation.
This 55+ community of some 7000 residents has two message boards - both Yahoo groups which have not been updated or supported since approximately the last century. You can’t post on the web, and every email post generates an email TO EVERYONE. And every response includes the prior post plus reams of internet gibberish. In digest form (still 5-10/day) means you miss the timely receipt of information.
It is used for all sorts of communications, requests for recommendations, and complaints. The recommendations part drives me NUTS - the same questions are asked over and over and over, because there’s no way to organize the responses and the unsupported Yahoo search function SUCKS. And you can only search the web version, but you can’t post from it. Many people can’t stand the barrage of emails that are 99% redundant to previous emails.
And discussions are not allowed. And you have to sign your posts with your full name, or get moderated.
The OTHER group is specifically for “discussions.” I joined it last year and lurked for several weeks, to get the ethos of the board - and then tried to disrupt it. It is run by and for the Uber-right wing nutjobs in the community, and no dissent with those views is allowed. I already knew this from a couple of more liberal neighbors who were kicked off for trying to “discuss” things with the regulars.
Once I started posting and arguing with the old farts, it was not very long before I got kicked off - for forgetting to sign my posts.
So, recently, two of the three moderators on the main, non-discussion board announced that they were tired of the thankless task of trying to keep the fogeys in line, and that if other moderators didn’t volunteer, they were going to close it down.
So with Liz’s blessing and offer of server space and startup tech support (bless her!!), I bought a license to this board’s basic software and bought a domain for the community, and I’m about to launch it, with the help of a volunteer with some tech expertise that Liz is working with on the backend, and a couple of moderators (including one of the mods from the main board!). I’m hoping they won’t have much to do, because nobody has to read or receive notices of any forum they’re not interested in, and there is the ignore function for people who annoy you.
I’m hoping most of the people will move to the new board and the people who couldn’t stand the barrage of emails will now rejoin the community.
And to be able to argue with some of the Tea Baggers on the Politics discussion forum, without moderation.
