Member's Only?

[Aurora40]

Originally Posted by Mystic ZR-1

Maybe it's time we change to members only being able to post?
This subject is getting old...
Apologies to anyone who thinks I'm not PC...

I thought this was an interesting point, and one worth discussion apart from the bitch-fest that one person's inquiry about his newsletter turned into.

Though I am not a member, I can identify with the sentiment. Hearing the same people criticize the Exec Committee and Registry in general over and over gets pretty old.

But at the same time, one of the great things about the Registry is how open it is. And *many* of the great and helpful posters here on the forum are not actual members. But they obviously contribute a lot, both digitally and in real life.

So anyway, I was reminded of an interesting philosophy applied to some "tech" workplaces: No ********.

In regards to work, the idea is this. It doesn't matter if you are really smart or your "fu" is the best. If you are an *******, as a group the company is better off without you. ******** stifle other peoples' productivity.

Basically, you avoid having to determine whether or not someone made some contributions to offset their jerkyness. If they are an *******, it doesn't matter what positive things they bring to the table.

The forum doesn't seem that different. ******** reduce the "fun" that participating in the forum delivers. And they drive some people away from participating at all. It doesn't matter if they offer some positives, if they are an *******, the place is better off without them.

If 80% of the drama comes from a small group of people, the ********, imagine how much better the forum would be with just the small change of removing them? Maybe you don't agree that the large majority of forum drama comes from a very small set of people, but it sure seems that way to me.

Anyway, just offering the idea up. And I'd say that if 2/3 of the moderators and exec committee think someone is an *******, then they are an *******.

The "********" replace a word that sounds like "glass bowls", in case that isn't clear.

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