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Sitaram
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 Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:26 am Post subject: Uses for Public Groups and Hidden/Private Groups |
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I had no idea that members receive an email notification when they are added to a hidden forum. I had jokingly named two groups, "Behold the Sheep" for everyone with full forum priviliges, and "Behold the Goats" for people who should be banned, giving them restricted forum privileges (so that I might have a banless forum). One woman joined, and then, upon receiving an email stating that she had been added to "Behold the Sheep", became furious and insulted and wanted to leave. I explained that the names are based upon a parable in the Gospels where the sheep are saved and the goats are damned. I then created two OTHER hidden groups, one called Full Forum Privileges, and the other called Restricted Forum Privileges.
The down side of this method would come if suddenly the message board is gaining 500 new members per month, in which case you would have a big job on your hands to add each member to the Full Privileges group, and they cannot post a lot until they are added.
Hidden groups cannot be seen by members or guests, but if admin adds someone, then they are notificed automatically by email. Public groups CAN be seen by members, and they must submit a request to join a public group. The group moderator must check each day for applicants, and then add them.
Forums can be make hidden, and visible only to members of a particular group.
My forum is for discussions of literature, philosophy, religion, politics and other topics.
A gay man asked me if the site is "gay friendly". I had not thought about this issue, but there are many literary genres which pertain to gay, lesbian issues, such as Virginia Woolf's "Orlando". So, I created a public group for "Gay and Lesbian Literature". The gentleman joined, but then became distracted with other matters and has not returned to be very active. But just today, I noticed that one new member had applied to join. So, here is a good example of the use of groups to accomodate special interests of certain members, and yet keep those forums private from the general public.
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