Are we sure it was user problems and not just the bandwidth generated that
caused warp/planet mu to discontinue the forums?
g.
On Thursday 25 April 2002 10:34 am, Joyrex wrote:
quoted 34 lines The problem with WARP and µ is they are record labels, not fansites or> The problem with WARP and µ is they are record labels, not fansites or
> community forums - they don't have the time or manpower (personpower?) to
> devote to having moderators babysit their forums. Agreed, I think forums
> are excellent sources of information (sometimes better than mailing lists
> [sic] ) and they do provide a sense of 'community' for users, especially
> electronic music listeners (I refuse to use the "I" word) who otherwise
> might not know another soul in the real world who shares the same interest
> in music. Perhaps if WARP and µ brought their forums back, they could
> recruit trusted individuals (fans) to moderate their board so they don't
> have to devote the time/money/warm bodies to it and have their cake and eat
> it too so to speak.
>
> Joyrex
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reading, John" <john.reading@us.didata.com>
> To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:20 PM
> Subject: [idm] Re: planet mu
>
> > Word. Just change it to register users. Use email to verify. Cake.
> > If the planetmu web forum goes away, the terrorists have already won!
> >
> > Some one needs to let Warp know about this new technology as well.
> >
> > The way to do it is just have a moderator, force you
> > to log in with a real email address to post,
> > and then be able to ban users. Not that hard to set up.
> >
> > - cutups
>
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