Moderation situation of SC forum

[Nebakanezer]

Originally Posted by Scott1981

open to the public or secretive?

Public. It isn't quite ready for primetime, but should be ready by next week.

Don't get any silly ideas, what has gone on over here will not be tolerated on that forum. It will be very heavily moderated.

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[Scott1981]

Originally Posted by Nebakanezer

Public. It isn't quite ready for primetime, but should be ready by next week.

Don't get any silly ideas, what has gone on over here will not be tolerated on that forum. It will be very heavily moderated.

i have not been one of the trouble makers in the SC forum.

anyway, thats great that you got a forum in the works. keep me updated.

[Scott1981]

Originally Posted by ###

I think this is an opportunity for valueMD to fix a mistake.

First of all, I think you should consider whether you really need to have a moderator for each forum. I suspect you could easily reduce the number of moderators and have several super-moderators such as teratos, steph, who act as moderators for all of valueMD.

Second, if you do decide to select a moderator for the SC forum, you should pick somebody who is not affiliated with SC. It is a natural conflict of interest for a SC student to moderate the SC forum.

Finally, in watching the forum over the years, you are better off picking moderator who has already graduated or who is at least in their clinical training. These individuals tend to have some perspective and are less likely to engage in promotion.

i nominate DrB for the job.

[dt]

Originally Posted by Scott1981

i nominate DrB for the job.

no, dont join the dark side...


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[Scott1981]

i do like the new software that doc is using to purge multiple account users.

making the SC forum every mods pet project would be the way to go.

[microphage]

Originally Posted by ###

I think this is the wrong approach. This is like closing a highway because you caught some people speeding. Much better to deal with the individual violators than to close the highway. Closing the highway is a ham-fisted approach that inconveniences everyone. Meanwhile, the speeders just drive fast someplace else. valueMD should be more aggressive with those who don't play by the rules -- but leave the forums and threads open.

There is nothing wrong with heated debate --within the TOS.

I agree with DrB on this. Closing this forum wouldn't solve the problem. People would just post the SC topics elsewhere(Either MUA forum or the Relaxing Lounge). And if a totally dead school like Kigezi has an open forum, why not one which is barely dead? (kidding kidding)

[The Trifling Jester]

Kigezi has closed and still has its own forum on this website. What is the difference between Kigezi and St Chris, other than financial obligations?

-The Trifling Jester