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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Surprise at frdb #182878 02/24/2009 12:03 AM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA I have submitted the following post at frdb: \\PS Ray I have encountered a really, really serious glitch: Unlike other sites I visit, frdb evidently doesn't allow a non-member to access a thread from a link. For two years now using the address bar I've been sending links from frdb to threads in other sites and to my correspondents all over the world, but it was only a few days ago I learned that at least one of these sites none of them who weren't members of frdb could thus access the thread You may want to fix this glitch as it makes frdb virtually worthless to many of us Here is Ray's reply and my response following it. Was I correct in my assumption Originally Posted By: RayJ;5817888 You have to be a member to view some forums. This is not a glitch. This is a standard practice of all forums on the internet. --RayJ I had understood that standard practice was to prevent a non-member from contributing a post, which f course makes sense, but to let anyone access threads to just read because otherwise how can you interest a potential participant in joining up dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Surprise at frdb dalehileman #183095 03/02/2009 6:37 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Unfortunately they haven't yet revealed how one knows which ones are accessible but I will let you know if I find out dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Surprise at frdb dalehileman #183097 03/02/2009 9:24 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass there seem to be two general types of forum organization: one manages to exist by being self-policed (like Wordsmith) and the other is heavily moderated - I think your interlocutor at fdrb is right about standard practice for the latter; he's just over-generalizing in including *all forums. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Surprise at frdb tsuwm #183102 03/02/2009 10:35 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Originally Posted By: tsuwm there seem to be two general types of forum organization: one manages to exist by being self-policed (like Wordsmith) and the other is heavily moderated Quote: []I've noticed that too, frdb being one of the latter. They really mean well but heavy moderation seems unnecessary - I think your interlocutor at fdrb is right about standard practice for the latter; he's just over-generalizing in including *all forums. [/quote] Quote: That was also my guess dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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