Posted by shar on April 19, 2003, at 13:33:08
In reply to Purpose of restricted boards?, posted by Oddipus Rex on April 19, 2003, at 4:25:04
> I don't think it's possible for a public board to be "private".
....I agree. In general, though, a year-defined board is visited less than PB or PSB, thus effectively making it less public. And, I believe that everybody understands that everyone can read everything.
>If someone wants to discuss the topic it's necessary to move it to a board where it is possible to post a reply.
....It's not necessary to move the post, it's necessary to refer to it. Moving it (by, for example, cutting and pasting) is just one way of many to refer to it.
>I think if people post at one of the restricted boards they should be aware that it IS part of PB and people WILL read and respond if they care too.
....I think people posting at the year-defined boards already understand that those are part of PB, and, in fact, other posters have in the past referred to those posts on PSB...so it's not a secret.
>Copying the posts with the reply is just a timesaver and makes it clearer what the conversation is about.
....Most often it seems that people respond to posters, not topics. For example, if a poster writes on PB 2000 that they are distressed, responses may show up on PSB saying "I'm sorry you are distressed" or something along those lines. If it is the topic of interest, then often a poster will say "I saw the post on PB 2000 about job hunting and...." and then add their own thoughts. And everybody knows that they can go to PB 2000 if they want to read the original post.
>I think it would be a mistake to assume that someone is less likely to read a board because it is restricted. Reading is not restricted.
....I think that most people read a subset of boards at the Babbles. I don't read every board, I don't have time to do that. So, I think it is very likely that, even though all boards can be read by all posters, that they are not. I don't know about others, but it is extremely rare for me to visit the 2001 board. If there is a 2001 poster I want to post to, I just do it on PSB. I do have a sense that the year-defined boards are mainly for those folks to be able to talk with others where there is a shared history of one sort or another, and that's their space.
> I don't think the purpose of the restricted boards was to have a place to talk about people who can't post there. So what is the purpose of the restricted boards?....A search of the archives will provide you with more information than you ever wanted to know about the purpose of the year-defined boards. There was a pretty big, long discussion about their creation.
> I don't think it's permissable to ask for no one to post ABOUT something we post, just to request that people not direct posts to a particular individual.
....That's my understanding, too. As long as it all stays civil. And, ideally, posts from other boards wouldn't be used against the poster. A question of civility raised at the admin board, for example, is often just the url of the post with a request that Dr. Bob or someone take a look at it. That way there isn't any impression of finger-pointing, etc.
....Shar
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