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Grex > Coop > #278: Grex Town Hall -- How do we move forward? |  |
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tonster
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response 223 of 357:
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Jun 25 15:15 UTC 2010 |
resp:201: I absolutely disagree with that, and I will not agree that I
give up my right to delete my posts if and when I choose to do so in the
future. I'm not aware of anyplace that takes sole copyright over
content like that. I disagree with the time limitation of being able to
modify posted content, however I can live with it. I will not
participate in Grex any longer (and will remove my content prior) if
such a stance is enacted.
resp:204: I totally agree.
resp:221: There's little more important than keeping censorship nearly
non-existent. If you want censorship, move to china or south korea or
iran.
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mary
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response 224 of 357:
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Jun 25 15:24 UTC 2010 |
There is a command that will go through conferences and remove all you've
ever entered. It kind of makes a mess of things as a coherent archive,
but hey, that's how it goes. Some people have used it repeatedly. I
don't have a problem with that although when they come back and
immediately start entering new, similar responses, I tend to think of it
more as passive-agressive behavior than housekeeping.
Deleted responses will make the item look new to everyone else. But a
quick "fix" takes care of that.
I like the way someone can take all their toys and go home, if they want
to, and I hope Grex continues to allow folks to do this.
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slynne
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response 225 of 357:
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Jun 25 15:29 UTC 2010 |
resp:223 Did you know that anyone can archive anything you say so in a
sense, you already do not necessarily have the ability to delete things
you have written.
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mary
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response 226 of 357:
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Jun 25 15:53 UTC 2010 |
Yep, and some people do tar backups on a regular basis. And have for
decades. Scary? Only if you used bad judgement in the first place.
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tonster
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response 227 of 357:
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Jun 25 16:05 UTC 2010 |
I realize that it's possible they could come back, but I think it'd be
pretty clear my intent was for them not to, and it'd be pretty difficult
to put them all back right in the places that they were without taking
an enormous amount of time to accomplish it. I wouldn't use a script to
do it anyway, that's pretty hackish. More than anything, I just want to
make it clear I'm greatly opposed to such a change in position for grex.
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tod
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response 228 of 357:
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Jun 25 16:53 UTC 2010 |
re #221
it's not "someone
deleted anything and one individual didn't like it"
Censorship is more about affecting someone else's right to publish. I have
no problem with someone deleting their own entry..just don't delete responses
or items by others.
re #224
they come back and
immediately start entering new, similar responses
I admit I'm a guilty participant of such behavior. Initially it was because
my full name was attached and I was beginning to suspect an unwanted webcrawl.
I like the way someone can take all their toys and go home, if they want
to, and I hope Grex continues to allow folks to do this.
I like that too. So long as it is not the toys (postings) of others which
are affected.
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kentn
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response 229 of 357:
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Jun 25 17:25 UTC 2010 |
Consider that there is fair use of what others write and then there is a
potential copyright violation due to wholesale copying and publishing.
Electronic documents are not immune to copyright violations even though
such data are very easy to store and bring back and some people seem to
think because it is possible it is okay.
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remmers
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response 230 of 357:
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Jun 25 17:40 UTC 2010 |
Quoting kentn from resp:0 - "we'd like to ... develop a plan for Grex
to move beyond where it is today."
230 responses later, how much closer are we to doing that?
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tod
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response 231 of 357:
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Jun 25 18:24 UTC 2010 |
I am absolutely completely with 100% certain without a doubt clueless where
we're going but we're way ahead of schedule
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mary
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response 232 of 357:
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Jun 25 18:37 UTC 2010 |
I've got a clue.
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kentn
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response 233 of 357:
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Jun 25 19:07 UTC 2010 |
It's only been a week and a half. Unfortunately, I don't expect much
else at this point unless we get some new participants with ideas.
I'd like to be surprised, of course.
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jep
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response 234 of 357:
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Jun 25 19:12 UTC 2010 |
The whole community wants things to stay the same, and they will get
their wish. Things will continue to shift in uncontrolled and unplanned
ways, just as they always have in the past.
That is, unless someone takes charge or gets a small group to do so. A
year ago, I thought Dan Cross would do that. Now, I'd say Mary Remmers
could. It'd take someone who wants Grex to follow a particular plan, is
willing to put in some work, has a little ambition, and can get some
people who will go along with what he or she wants and maybe help a
little. My guess is that won't happen here, and so no significant
choices about the future will be made.
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kentn
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response 235 of 357:
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Jun 25 19:25 UTC 2010 |
If things stay the same as they are right now, Grex will cease to exist.
As to people who will go along being not likely, more's the pity.
Inertia tends to win out due to being easiest. So much for democracy.
It will take the Board to do something, I expect, but they are not
responding here.
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krj
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response 236 of 357:
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Jun 25 20:25 UTC 2010 |
"To everything there is a season." :-)
I participate in two other forums whose structure is derived from
Picospan -- NewCafe (formerly Utne Cafe) and TheTown -- and both
of those are fading away from inactivity, just like Grex.
(And they don't even have the troll problem, as users can be banned
in those systems.) I am thinking that the Confer/Picospan model
has just run its course, kind of like Usenet and Gopher.
On the other hand, if anything changes, some sizable amount of the
remaining user base will be turned off and go away.
One of the big issues is that there is no consensus on what is to
be saved, what the priorities should be.
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kentn
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response 237 of 357:
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Jun 25 20:34 UTC 2010 |
Thanks for responding, Ken. What do you think should be the priorities?
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richard
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response 238 of 357:
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Jun 25 22:15 UTC 2010 |
re #236 The generational issue is being ignored. These places don't
attract young users. Younger users want as much functionality as
possible. They aren't likely to participate in conferences that aren't
as functional as Facebook and the like. What you have here on Grex and
these other boards as a result is a user base that is getting older and
dwindling away. Grex used to attract plenty of college students, from
UM, MSU and other schools. There was a school down near St. Louis,
whose name escapes me at the moment, where a number of students used
Grex.
Not anymore. Those times are long gone.
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tod
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response 239 of 357:
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Jun 25 22:31 UTC 2010 |
re #235
If things stay the same as they are right now, Grex will cease to exist.
Why?
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kentn
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response 240 of 357:
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Jun 25 22:55 UTC 2010 |
No members, no money eventually. End of story.
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kentn
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response 241 of 357:
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Jun 25 23:13 UTC 2010 |
Re 238: which is why we should add more functionality.
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tod
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response 242 of 357:
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Jun 25 23:25 UTC 2010 |
I don't think features need to be changed to attract users and revenues.
It is always amazing to me how the existing positive of features enjoyed
by existing users is not leveraged toward better marketing.
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kentn
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response 243 of 357:
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Jun 26 01:47 UTC 2010 |
Certainly there is more than just features that will attract and retain
users, but a failure to keep up with the times will leave us with a
group of users attracted to what we have now and as we've seen, a slowly
dwindling group. I don't have a problem with a retro style of offerings
per se. It's just that there are other groups of people out there that
look for more. And of course, our restricted shell and validation
procedure probably chases off many (I know I wouldn't go for it if it
were in place back in 1991).
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tod
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response 244 of 357:
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Jun 26 05:57 UTC 2010 |
That newuser is almost IMPOSSIBLE to use, too..
*snort*
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bru
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response 245 of 357:
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Jun 26 14:34 UTC 2010 |
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richard
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response 246 of 357:
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Jun 26 18:22 UTC 2010 |
There's also a strong sense of inertia here. For instance people have
been complaining about the validation patch since the day it was put
in, but its all hot air because staff has its feet bolted in place.
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mary
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response 247 of 357:
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Jun 26 22:13 UTC 2010 |
I forget if this is the item in which the question of our resident agent
came up, or not, but... I spoke with Mark Conger today and he'd be fine
with continuing in that role.
I'm looking around at conferencing sites for an online community we
could experiment with. Not places where we'd rent disk space and
install our own software but rather where we'd use existing software on
a hosting service dedicated to such use. Quite a few look fine but tend
to function more like mailing lists than conferences. Google Groups, on
the other hand, threads better and has some nice features. I'm still
playing with it and will come back with a list of pros and cons sometime
within the next. But I thought I'd mention it here so the naysayers
could have a head start. ;-)
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