If shadow's suggestion is possible to implement, I agree completely. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Ten months later. Anything new? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

How about this? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum94/HTML/001926.html

Yes doc it has been 10 months hasn't it. I believe this question has been addressed several times in that ten months.

We tried allowing this option at several points in the developement of the FlyerTalk community and the difficulties far outweighed the rewards. The consensus that we arrived at in house is that when you create a thread and invite feedback from the remainder of the community the information becomes public domain and therefore no longer belongs to one individual.

We however reserve the right to close or delete a thread as we see fit. We try very hard to exercise this responsibility cautiously. I've been the administrator of this board since it's inception several years ago and have very rarely had to delete any post other than duplicates that I've been specifically asked to remove.

The short answer is that I don't believe this is an option that we will reconsider anytime soon. I hope this doesn't dampen your enthusiasm for participating in our community. We love having you and appreciate your feedback.

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ThanX...
Michael at WebFlyer



[This message has been edited by Michael at WebFlyer (edited 07-12-2000).]

Thanks Michael. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Maybe a few "closed threads" in the last 24 hours due to "MileageNut" postings might have been a good option?

"The short answer is that I don't believe this is an option that we will reconsider anytime soon. I hope this doesn't dampen your enthusiasm for participating in our community. We love having you and appreciate your feedback."

Agreed, and thanks again as I'd noted above! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Yet, once again if you'll permit me to ask, why not have some detailed rules explicitly stated up front? Why not have a verifiable, enforceable "signed" agreement by all users to abide by these rules to retain participatory rights? Even within a broad self-regulating community of the type Randy & Co surely prefers, this would seemingly be most helpful and quite workable.

-Are multiple handles permitted?
-Is personal criticism permitted?
-Are friendly exchanges like "Thanks" etc., between FT's to be discouraged?
-Is their a broadband problem to be considered so as to limit our posts?
-Is a certain degree of anonymity permitted or actively discouraged?
-Are repeated exchanges between "undisclosed" family members/close friends permitted?
-What is the policy regarding tradgeties and posting them on FT? Is this discouraged?
-Is it acceptable for FT's to disclose personal information regarding other FT's specifically against their will?

Perhaps a statement addressing these concerns would be helpful! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Thanks to all the FT folks for their continued efforts to make the FT boards work so well for all of us! It's very much appreciated! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Doc .. some definitive guidelines on these would be handy, especially in view of recent "visitors"!

[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 07-15-2000).]

doc, I believe we are in agreement here. Randy and I have discussed this issue among ourselves and the remainder of our team. We are currently in the process of revamping both the email that we issue as a welcome to the community, stating the various agreements that individuals have made when signing on to this community, and these same rules will be set forth in a number of other areas. We hope that this will have a postive impact.

Despite the recent developements we feel very proud of the community that all of you have helped create. The board has been in existance now of over 3 years and in that time we've only had 3 "major" incidents.

With other experiences that we've had with this sort of a product I'd have to say that 1 incident a year isn't all that bad when you stop to consider that we have well over 4,000 "registered" members. Unfortunately the recent incident has been by far the worst.

I would also add that we can't take credit for the success of the board however as that goes to outstanding individuals such as yourself. I'd have to say that we have as fine a community of individuals as anyone could ever ask for over all. I've been "extremely" proud of the conduct and insight of 99.9% of the members of this community.

Thank you all for your support and your feedback.

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ThanX...
Michael at WebFlyer



[This message has been edited by Michael at WebFlyer (edited 07-16-2000).]

Thanks very much Michael. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif The clearer the rule(s), and the easier it is to see them, the less likely one is to perhaps "run afoul" of them! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif