Should Theatre Australia Members Only be allowed to post
Sat, 15 Mar 2008, 08:23 amalanm23 posts in thread
Should Theatre Australia Members Only be allowed to post
Sat, 15 Mar 2008, 08:23 amThere have been an increasing number of incidents where 'anonymous' posters have used the freedom offered by the ITA's website to be offensive and downright rude. Most of you who use the site from time to time will have come across the term 'not verified' next to a name used in a posting, this indicates that this person does not have an account or has not logged on.
Some people feel that the ITA's website is losing it's credibility by having postings which are offensive, others stand up for free speech.
Under a 'members only' scheme, people would be required to have an official email address (which would need to be verified)before they can join and post. This means that those in our community who choose to post 'knee jerk' reactive comments would be slowed down.
Although it is relatively easy to set up free email accounts, it still requires a degree of effort and it would allow 'offensive' posters memberships to be terminated or suspended.
Now there's a thought, I wonder what the general consensus is, no doubt I will find out.
Another thought...
Sat, 15 Mar 2008, 02:54 pmIs that it seems in this discussion we are talking about whether or not it would be 'censoring' opinions, but what is not mentioned is that by forcing people to register, we may be doing something else:
Reducing the vibrancy of conversations, and not encouraging people to actively contribute in a positive way. While yes, the more controversial threads often bring out the worst behaviours, they also bring out some of the best, allowing non-members to speak up and provide an alternative viewpoint that is not disrespectful.
There's a difference between having an argument and having a debate, and we should also be talking about the vibrancy of debates, not just the destructiveness of arguments.
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