Bryce
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O.K, fair enough. There have been incidents.
Should the RFF meeting threads be ....
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Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
frankly, calling the site that is an insult to the infamous. :angel:ray_g said:
sf
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This is complicated. I would say:
1. Only for members to see: this lowers the chance that a con-artist passer-by might decide to drop in on a meeting for a little trickery. It also decreases the chances of other sabotage.
2. I would say make it 100% public: we have a member here in the NW that joined after seeing that there were local meetings. It is a good way to get people interested in the site and in photography because it advertises the fact that they are near a local band of shooters with which they can share their enjoyment of the craft. This is a big thing for me, at least. Not to mention, we would want to pull people in, not shut them out. If someone is surfing the net looking for fellow RFers, and they come across the RFF - which they WILL - we would want them to find the thread for the local meeting, want them to come in and say hello and to find the real physical community aspect immediately. Once they get a sense for their local RFF group, they are more likely to find themselves connected here, more likely to become part of the community instead of just another username from the infinitely vast internet.
1. Only for members to see: this lowers the chance that a con-artist passer-by might decide to drop in on a meeting for a little trickery. It also decreases the chances of other sabotage.
2. I would say make it 100% public: we have a member here in the NW that joined after seeing that there were local meetings. It is a good way to get people interested in the site and in photography because it advertises the fact that they are near a local band of shooters with which they can share their enjoyment of the craft. This is a big thing for me, at least. Not to mention, we would want to pull people in, not shut them out. If someone is surfing the net looking for fellow RFers, and they come across the RFF - which they WILL - we would want them to find the thread for the local meeting, want them to come in and say hello and to find the real physical community aspect immediately. Once they get a sense for their local RFF group, they are more likely to find themselves connected here, more likely to become part of the community instead of just another username from the infinitely vast internet.
Kim Coxon
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I voted that the threads should remain public. The idea that we meet up and it is not just a cyber community is a good thing IMHO. I do not think that there is a threat from "Shall we meet up in X on Y date" Beyond that, any details are better in PMs or emails.
Making the threads private is not all that secure. Membership is relatively easy to obtain. Look at the members list with the number of people who haven't made a post. If someone really wants the info, quite Frankly, they will get it. A members only area is still public.
Kim
Making the threads private is not all that secure. Membership is relatively easy to obtain. Look at the members list with the number of people who haven't made a post. If someone really wants the info, quite Frankly, they will get it. A members only area is still public.
Kim
Athena
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In the real world (i.e. not the "virtual" one) affinity groups regularly seek to post in the print news media notices of their meetings in various "community events" listings. The intent is to attract newcomers since, obviously, the "members" already know of the meeting times and places.
Closing off notices of meeting will ensure "exclusivity". But that often results in stultification, disillusion and, ultimately, dissolution of the affinity group.
Yes, to be open is to be exposed. But the alternative is not necessarily an attractive alternative.
Closing off notices of meeting will ensure "exclusivity". But that often results in stultification, disillusion and, ultimately, dissolution of the affinity group.
Yes, to be open is to be exposed. But the alternative is not necessarily an attractive alternative.
Ergo
Observer
The paranoid club is having a meeting but they wont tell me where!!!
Paranoid=a couple of noids.
Us amateur radio folks have never held back what we are doin and of the 500 or so i know,none have ever had their home burgled,etc etc etc
Paranoid=a couple of noids.
Us amateur radio folks have never held back what we are doin and of the 500 or so i know,none have ever had their home burgled,etc etc etc
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