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## Advice on controling a forum wanted.

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### Advice on controling a forum wanted.

by ukbrian » Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:43 pm

Some folk who have set up a forum are listning to what I say/advise on a new forum they have created.
It's a single topic community base forum at present but they might invite/reward members to become Elders with their own subforums to administer any acceptable topic.
At the moment I'm thinking about how you control the ethos of the community.
I've done a few avatars as I think that might be the way to exercise control by a group of elders, members who are respected, not of old folk, maybe
I know you guys have a wealth of experiance on this subject, I've been lurking a long time.
I also want to extend the mean ones script to include a size for the swapfile plus the label of the partition to install to, maybe new parameters in the exec=line would do "exec=installr sdc4 sdc 4GB SalineOS-dev2" just thinking silly thoughs
Having a real live CD is so right, well done that man. (kiss)
Must dash, loads to do

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### Re: Advice on controling a forum wanted.

by fsmithred » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:47 pm

Do nothing. That seems to work well here, but I suppose that has a lot to do with the size of the community or maybe the age of the members. The only admin stuff I've had to do was delete a few spam posts and deactivate the accounts that produced them.

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### Re: Advice on controling a forum wanted.

by ukbrian » Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:20 pm

> Do nothing. That seems to work well here

Not so good at the other place.
Admins and mods are just drones, I want to go past that level of control and develop a viable large commumity forum with multiple topics/interests.
First day it's been warm enough to sit on my veranda, bliss
going back out for another fix.

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### Re: Advice on controling a forum wanted.

by nadir » Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:57 pm

A vital community and control exclude each other.
If one hangs around for a while one will be in relation to others:
know whom to trust, who to laugh at, who to ignore.
There is not need to "control" that
(and, worst, no way neither).
If you want a guarantee for success of the forum: Life, in general, doesn't offer that. How should a forum offer what can be found no where else?
So i herd u liek mudkip?

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### Re: Advice on controling a forum wanted.

by nadir » Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:59 pm

elders.
I guess that word you used sums it up.
So i herd u liek mudkip?

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### Re: Advice on controling a forum wanted.

by ukbrian » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:40 pm

> If one hangs around for a while one will be in relation to others:
> know whom to trust, who to laugh at, who to ignore.

Your known by the company you keep

> There is not need to "control" that
> (and, worst, no way neither)

I used the word deliberately as it seemed to be the only thing folks were concerned about at the "other place" sh*t who wants to be a worker drone or administrator, Super Moderator etc.
The heart of a community/forum are the folk steering it normally they have the title of moderator and folk think an admin is more important
Love you
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Don't you just love living in a democracy where everybody's free to pay their taxes http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/business/dont-blink-or-youll-miss-another-bank-bailout.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&
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### Re: Advice on controling a forum wanted.

by ukbrian » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:56 pm

> nadir wrote:elders.
> I guess that word you used sums it up.

I can't think of a better word[/quote]
Capitalist democracy is bleeding the world dry
they give beer money to the politicos who write the law for the rich to get richer and the big companies to avoid paying taxes so the voter pays their share.
I got nothing else to do so I'm going to have a go in my virtual world.
There was a tv program recently that examined 4 south American cultures, 2 of them didn't have any palaces or temples for leaders to swank it in, all lived in similar houses.
I'm very impressed with the quality of some of the folks Ikey is attracting.
Sorry still lots to do, must dash bye bye
PS
nearly forgot this might be of interest http://salinelinux.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=testing&action=display&thread=758&page=3

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### Re: Advice on controling a forum wanted.

by nadir » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:09 am

I thought that you used "control" arbitrarily. I couldn't think of a better word myself, so sticked to it. Still i think: the best is to simply let it go.
The forum.i2p has a rule similar to this: "I can't change anything of what you say or do here. That doesn't mean i don't care". That is the spirit i like.
speaking of politiicans and South-America: One president of such a state donates nearly all of his income to the poor. As soon i run into it again i may give the country and name. I for one can't think of a better purpose in life than doing something which makes sense. If you get money for it: good. If not: good too. I can't think of something worse than doing something which doesn't make sense. Getting money for it (much or a bit) doesn't change that.
So i herd u liek mudkip?

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### Re: Advice on controling a forum wanted.

by nadir » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:11 am

And someone who considers is good to have more money than he needs is sure a poor and pitiful person.
So i herd u liek mudkip?

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### Re: Advice on controling a forum wanted.

by nadir » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:13 am

Oh ... what is weird, to me, is that everyone in the Western democracies shout at politicians, but at the same time votes the same persons again, and again, and again, and again ... That is not very reasonable.
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