The temperature of the water...

"John Bokma" <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote

Hi all,

Since Usenet is (again) eating up too much time (in my case), and somehow
I keep getting stuck in "flame-wars" / "troll-fests", I've decided to
leave Usenet (again), and probably won't come back

Sorry to hear that John!

<snip>

[1] phpBB, hosted somewhere cheap, I have no problem taking care of that
part.

I could help in that also.:-)

Stacey


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On 12 Apr 2008 03:30:56 GMT, John Bokma <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi all,

Hi John

Since Usenet is (again) eating up too much time (in my case), and somehow
I keep getting stuck in "flame-wars" / "troll-fests", I've decided to
leave Usenet (again), and probably won't come back

I don't blame you. I spend less time here now myself.

*insert the sound of a thousand weeping girls*

<g>

However, I consider some (more than you think) of the regs good friends,
and would hate to get out of touch (again).

So... I was thinking, who would be interested in a lighter version of this
group [0], on a web based forum [1]. SEO / web development will be on
topic, but also a lot of off-topic stuff that goes on here, and we can
think off :-D.

Based on my experience with another board I would say that at least 20 (!)
active people are needed to keep such a board from dying

You can count me in.

I want to see if it's possible to get 20 people, and if we can get a more
mellow version of this group, without spam / trolling / flame fests /
hating / short tempers, etc.

Oh, wait a minute, that will count me out, won't it ? LOL

plh
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Paul <customerservices (AT) houstoncrafts (DOT) com> wrote:

On 12 Apr 2008 03:30:56 GMT, John Bokma <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote:

[..]

Based on my experience with another board I would say that at least 20
(!) active people are needed to keep such a board from dying

You can count me in.

I want to see if it's possible to get 20 people, and if we can get a
more mellow version of this group, without spam / trolling / flame
fests / hating / short tempers, etc.

Oh, wait a minute, that will count me out, won't it ? LOL

Heh :-) Nah, I think a mellow board stops people from spamming / trolling
/ flaming (well, way less).

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John Bokma wrote:

Hi all,

Since Usenet is (again) eating up too much time (in my case), and somehow
I keep getting stuck in "flame-wars" / "troll-fests", I've decided to
leave Usenet (again), and probably won't come back

*insert the sound of a thousand weeping girls*

However, I consider some (more than you think) of the regs good friends,
and would hate to get out of touch (again).

So... I was thinking, who would be interested in a lighter version of this
group [0], on a web based forum [1]. SEO / web development will be on
topic, but also a lot of off-topic stuff that goes on here, and we can
think off :-D.

Based on my experience with another board I would say that at least 20 (!)
active people are needed to keep such a board from dying

I want to see if it's possible to get 20 people, and if we can get a more
mellow version of this group, without spam / trolling / flame fests /
hating / short tempers, etc.

I already admin one board, and so far everything stays quite peacefully.
If there are just a few people interested, I might consider inviting them
over, but not sure if they want to fit in.

Anyway, just testing the water. If no one is really interested, no
worries. You can always drop an email just to say hi / or with a question
on .htacess or whatever.

[0] I wanted to include aww as well, and all holds for aww as well, but I
figured if the water here is cold, it might be frozen in aww :-D.
(no offense)

[1] phpBB, hosted somewhere cheap, I have no problem taking care of that
part.

I'd like an invite when you have set it up John, if I'm welcome.

Ta,

Jez.

Jez <j.ez (AT) virgin (DOT) net> wrote:

[..]

I'd like an invite when you have set it up John, if I'm welcome.

Of course you are :-)

I have a domain that's currently doing nothing, I guess I just set
something up, and we'll see.

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On 13 Apr 2008 18:53:25 GMT, John Bokma <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote:

Paul <customerservices (AT) houstoncrafts (DOT) com> wrote:

On 12 Apr 2008 03:30:56 GMT, John Bokma <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote:


[..]

Based on my experience with another board I would say that at least 20
(!) active people are needed to keep such a board from dying

You can count me in.

I want to see if it's possible to get 20 people, and if we can get a
more mellow version of this group, without spam / trolling / flame
fests / hating / short tempers, etc.

Oh, wait a minute, that will count me out, won't it ? LOL

Heh :-) Nah, I think a mellow board stops people from spamming / trolling
/ flaming (well, way less).

<G>
Count me in then John.
plh
Paul

Count me in then John.

OK, I hijack this one and x-post it to aww, and f-up to back here (aise).

Short summary: I am stopping with Usenet [0] (real soon now), but like to
stay in touch with people in both aise / aww.

I will configure coming week a web based forum (phpBB) on a spare domain I
have. If you're interested reply to this post by email, or email me:

contact at johnbokma dot com

I'll confirm your email asap. If you don't get a reply within one day,
post a comment on my site (see sig).

Some more info for people who read this the first time:

- everybody is welcome unless you want to make a mess of it
- I want to avoid moderation as much as possible [1]
- personal attacks are unwelcome / let the past be in the past
- the goal of the board is to provide a place to hang out, a virtual
water cooler. This means that aise/aww stuff is on topic, but that
there is a lot of room for off topic stuff (you, your life, pets,
music you like, movies you like, books you read).

In short: a friendly, mellow place to share the stuff that interests you;
both web development / SEO related (20%) as well as personal stuff (80%)
[2].

Since I am afraid that we get very little sign ups in the beginning (I was
hoping to get at least 20 people in total from both groups, but I guess
the real number will be closer to 10) if you know people who would be
interested, please invite those as well.


[0] Too much noise/spam, don't like the constant flaming (of which I have
done more than my share), etc.

[1] I am admin of another board for 3 years, and it's a very nice place
right now. The only moderation I've done so far is:

- locking threads when things went out of hand so people could cool
down (rare)
- moving aforementioned threads to a "hidden" area
- removal of spam (rare, and none after I hacked the default
phpBB CAPTCHA to be a bit harder)

[2] the % is just how I guess the ratio will be, in case you expect a
SEO / web development forum with hardly any "off topic" stuff. I
would like to see it the other way around.

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"John Bokma" <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote

Jez <j.ez (AT) virgin (DOT) net> wrote:

[..]

I'd like an invite when you have set it up John, if I'm welcome.

Of course you are :-)

I have a domain that's currently doing nothing, I guess I just set
something up, and we'll see.

Don't know if you got my posting, it didn't show up on my reader but it does
in Google. Really strange.

Here it is:

Hi all,

Since Usenet is (again) eating up too much time (in my case), and somehow
I keep getting stuck in "flame-wars" / "troll-fests", I've decided to
leave Usenet (again), and probably won't come back

Sorry to hear that John!

<snip>

[1] phpBB, hosted somewhere cheap, I have no problem taking care of that
part.

I could help in that also.:-)

Stacey

--
Jezsta Web Productions
SEO Tips - Website Design - Marketing
http://jezsta.com/

"Jezsta Web Productions" <use-our-email-form (AT) jezsta (DOT) com> wrote:

Don't know if you got my posting, it didn't show up on my reader but
it does in Google. Really strange.

Yes, I read it.

I could help in that also.:-)

Thanks! I already have a domain that's unused + hosting, so that part
done. Board is up and ...

You got mail :-)

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John Bokma http://johnbokma.com/

On 14 Apr 2008 01:59:44 GMT, John Bokma <john (AT) castleamber (DOT) com> wrote:

Count me in then John.

OK, I hijack this one and x-post it to aww, and f-up to back here (aise).

Short summary: I am stopping with Usenet [0] (real soon now), but like to
stay in touch with people in both aise / aww.

I will configure coming week a web based forum (phpBB) on a spare domain I
have. If you're interested reply to this post by email, or email me:

contact at johnbokma dot com

I'll confirm your email asap. If you don't get a reply within one day,
post a comment on my site (see sig).

Some more info for people who read this the first time:

- everybody is welcome unless you want to make a mess of it
- I want to avoid moderation as much as possible [1]
- personal attacks are unwelcome / let the past be in the past
- the goal of the board is to provide a place to hang out, a virtual
water cooler. This means that aise/aww stuff is on topic, but that
there is a lot of room for off topic stuff (you, your life, pets,
music you like, movies you like, books you read).

In short: a friendly, mellow place to share the stuff that interests you;
both web development / SEO related (20%) as well as personal stuff (80%)
[2].

Since I am afraid that we get very little sign ups in the beginning (I was
hoping to get at least 20 people in total from both groups, but I guess
the real number will be closer to 10)

I think 10 is good. You can ask people you know too.

BB
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