Making CD a More Constructive Place

[Jaine Perotti]

Originally Posted by DjAlamose

To prevent it from even happening, to gain a membership, you must receive an invitation, much like g-mail. The site can then cut down on those accounts that post once and never again post, find people who want to actively engage in good debate, and not allow those who just wish to slander in. For rookie teams, a set on invitations can be sent to their main contact so they know about the site, and can register for an account on CD. Like Ken said, CD is not a Public access forum.

Excellent. Thanks for contributing. This is exactly what I am looking for.

I am not sure if it would be a good idea to make ChiefDelphi by invite only. The problem with this is that people who don't already have "connections" with other people already on CD won't be able to ever register. However, I do have an alternative proposal.

What if, during the registration process, a poster would have to submit a short paragraph describing why they want to participate in the forums? It wouldn't have to be anything long or drawn out, but it may end up discouraging people from registering on a whim.

Moderators (or if needed to keep up, other volunteers) could read these paragraphs and approve them before allowing a user to post. The writing would have to demonstrate a clear desire on the part of the poster to communicate with other users in a constructive manner. They must be interested in improving the FIRST community.

There are a few other added benefits to this system. The time it would take for their "mission statement" to be approved may give them time to calm down before they get a chance to post a complaint. Also, people who are too lazy to write a paragraph or can't relate enough to write one (spammers, etc.) would probably be discouraged from registering. Only those who truly indicate a desire to contribute to this community would become approved posters.

I don't really know anything about the rate that new members join here each day. But, if the number is large enough that it would be overwhelming for moderators to read and approve new users "mission statements", perhaps other veteran members can volunteer to take on the posting requests.

This idea may be too difficult to orchestrate, but it might be an interesting possible solution to the problem.

-- Jaine