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.
I take your point
Fri, 4 Apr 2008, 07:37 amI was convinced that the best way was to make this site "members only" but I understand what you are saying and yes, sometimes its a fag to have to log in when I stop by to have a quick look at who saying what, or what's new. I guess I would have to concede that I was mistaken and having pondered this over several days have come to the conclusion that there's no point.
I still find it boring to have to pour over posts which are rude or do not offer anything constructive (ie are just personal attacks), but I cannot see any solution.
By the way Grant, the link to your conference paper http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/conference1/2001/malcolm/ appears to be broken.