Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: user forums ?

Hi,

Christian Lohmaier wrote on 2011-11-03 16:17:

> You cannot move threads to other topics, you cannot edit messages
> afterwards, you cannot delete posts, you cannot mark posts as sticky
> or "resolved", etc.

indeed, good points. However, I am not sure if this is what the majority 
of users would do anyways (althought it's agreeably a nice feature), but 
I think it's simply a "It doesn't look like a forum I know"-thing that 
keeps people from using it.

When people complained we have nothing like a forum, and I pointed them 
to Nabble, all I got was a "This is not a forum", without further 
explanation, which makes nailing down the problem a bit troublesome. ;-)

> If LO is going to have an own forum, then there shall be a bunch of
> moderators that are to ensure to keep the different topics organized,
> ensure that a certain level of posting discipline is respected, make
> sure that the repeated questions or spam-posts to just put an older
> topic further up the list are kept to a minimum. Forum-Sheriffs if you
> want to use a loaded term.

Yes, I agree. Moderators in forums are even more important than on 
mailing lists, because forums will attract more casual users to whom the 
term Netiquette does not ring any bell, usually. ;-)

It would be great, in case we go with own forums, to have a handful of 
moderators right from the beginning. If not, I would even be willing to 
see how things develop and have the guts to just do it. In case the 
forum gets just messy and has to be shut down, c'est la vie, but we at 
least tried it.

Florian

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