[HPFGU-Feedback] Re: new memebers

[tiamik72 at katie_wible.yahoo.invalid]

In a message dated 8/12/2004 6:21:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
dumbledore11214 at ... writes:
Alla:


<I also find an idea of "high quality board" to be VERY elitist, IF 
only some posters will be allowed to post.>
<If EVERYBODY will be allowed to post, BUT with MUCH stricter quality 
control, I don't know... Maybe it is worth considering ... OR NOT.>
<I am with Neri. I am really afraid of centralised "thoughts and ideas 
control" > 
Katie (me):

    I am in total agreement with this. There is no way that we could pick 
that elitist group of who should post. One of the reasons that so many people 
belong to this group is that fact that they can read and respond to millions of 
different theories, even if they are completely outlandish. Part of the fun of 
this group, for me anyways, is reading the hilarious and completely crazy 
theories that cannot be backed up by canon. It breaks up the monotony of some of 
the other threads that have been rehashed and repeated over and over again. I 
feel that if we only let certain people post, thier own pet theories would 
dominate and it would leave the rest of us feeling left out. Also, someone new 
might have a brillaint theory that wll never be heard. 



<Alla:
<I was looking at the survey and thinking that maybe voluntary limit> 
<of the posts per day is a GOOD idea.
<Meaning that if let's say the limit is five posts per day, the sixth >
<post by the same poster will not be deleted, but this poster will 
<receive some kind of warning... I don't know.>
Katie: 
Actually I do not think that this would be possible unless they actually 
limited the wording of each post. Then all of the people who respond "me too" 
would just elongate each post by snipping from every post that they agree with and 
it would become a huge post of "me too, me too" to every subject imaginable. 
Some people would take advantage of this and say well if they only let me post 
five times a day, my five posts are going to be humongous. Nothing would 
change because the quality of the post will remain the same, they will only be 
longer.

Alla:
<Actually, I think that before some restrictive measures will be >
<implemented, if ANY, the elves may want to see whether the posting >
<will go down in September, when people go back to school.>


Katie: 
I totally agree with this because I have to go back to school soon and I 
wonder how I am going to keep up and I usually just lurk. Most of the students 
will be alot busier than they are now during the summer. not that the bad posting 
is just students:) but I do think the influx will go down.


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