Here’s a latest update from the unusual domain that is the Building Forum. At times enlightening, at others infuriating. I feel like a patient on a couch while writing of my attempts to work out a modus operandi for navigating through difficult discussion. I bring you item number three in my experiences, namely a thread [...]
Posts Tagged ‘building forum’
Forum – not fun
More growing pains on the Building forum. Having decided as a team to give a couple of temporary bans to some troublesome users they are back with a vengeance. I’ve just gone back and re-read the really helpful comments from my post of a couple of weeks ago musing on the ethics of moderating and [...]
Forum rules
I’ve come up with some for the Building site. Some of them are “inspired” by other sites. Not sure about the attempts at humour. here goes:
Forum Rules
Forums, moderating and tone
Bit of a navel-gazing post today. I’ve been musing about a couple of things in the past few days: forums and the tone of our sustainable coverage. In the first instance we’re now got the Building forum, launched some months ago, to something of a critical mass. There’s upwards of 350 people on it. I’m [...]

