05-15-2003, 05:54 PM
-While I would say that a mission statement for an internet message board may be taking it to far (I highly doubt that there ever could be a mission or direction set here that could be accomplished) Some unambigous, clear cut ground rules would be nice (ie-No hi posts, whatever, etc., would also help the quality)
-Bring in a tech support forum for those of us that are computer literacy challenged (ok, so its just me), so someone can help us out. Some sig pic hosting sites would also be appreciated.
-On a technical side, KP is right, there are times when the site just refuses to load. Also, consider how much traffic the site can handle in the future (at 5 new mems a day, that's 150 in a month, 1800 a year).
-Sig pics--If you are going to ever have limits on them, plan ahead to see what they would be and institute them now. It would be easier to tell 400 people to change their sig pics, than it is to wait a a year, realize you have to set a limit, and tell 2000 people that the pics they've been using for over a year are no longer acceptable (plus, that flip photo thingy of Alkey is just too disturbing to exist).
As for quality, there will be some dead times while the board is still small, but it will come together when there are more members to contribute.
SLOATS--You left out the part where you plan to capitalize on it all big time by putting up some lame website, only to fail miserably and lose nearly everything.
-Bring in a tech support forum for those of us that are computer literacy challenged (ok, so its just me), so someone can help us out. Some sig pic hosting sites would also be appreciated.
-On a technical side, KP is right, there are times when the site just refuses to load. Also, consider how much traffic the site can handle in the future (at 5 new mems a day, that's 150 in a month, 1800 a year).
-Sig pics--If you are going to ever have limits on them, plan ahead to see what they would be and institute them now. It would be easier to tell 400 people to change their sig pics, than it is to wait a a year, realize you have to set a limit, and tell 2000 people that the pics they've been using for over a year are no longer acceptable (plus, that flip photo thingy of Alkey is just too disturbing to exist).
As for quality, there will be some dead times while the board is still small, but it will come together when there are more members to contribute.
SLOATS--You left out the part where you plan to capitalize on it all big time by putting up some lame website, only to fail miserably and lose nearly everything.