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.
When you think about it,
Mon, 17 Mar 2008, 03:14 pmWhen you think about it, the only reason suicide bombers, killers, and school shootings occur, is because the person/people involved feel they haven't been listened to or won't be listened to unless they do something dramatic.
(Not suggesting Ripper et al will end up like that, of course. Just saying that giving everyone an opportunity to be heard is a good thing, even if you don't like what they have to say or how they say it)
I think we take freedom of speech too much for granted. I agree with Tony, let's moderate in moderation.
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