First post in the lessons learned thread Options

[Hans Stolte]

Well, just to point out it exists.

thebrownall, use your artistic licence here

[Ajith M]

Hi Hans,
Dont you think it this thread should support anonymous postings as well ???
if we can spare ourself from spammers, this place is gonna have the most active threads ever existed in the forum

[BTMsoftware]

Anonymous posting is nice if you want this topic to be filled up with spam. It is also good because it allows bitching as much as we want

On another hand, I, for one, like to dot the i's, and if I have to bitch about something/somebody, I'll just do it, whether he/she/they/it like it or not.

For once, in this coward, assisted, court cased world, let's have some cojones and use them

[Ajith M]

Hi BTM,
I understand what you are trying to put across, but the thing is people may hesitate to write about the bad experiences if they feel that their identity is revealed as they may be sitting on the same sh*t even when they are writing about the project, Am I right?

[Mark Kaye]

I don't object to allowing anonymous (or guest in other words) posts. However, it will need to be pretty heavily moderated because it will get spammed and I can't be here 24/7. So, basically, if I do this I need moderators to volunteer. In this case the moderation task will be to delete spam posts (they are obvious) and to hide potentially libellous posts. Myself or one of the other administrators can then make a decision as to whether it's actually libellous and unhide or delete it as appropriate.

Deleting posts isn't something I would normally do and, in the past, I have only done it in libellous situations (only one comes to mind) and for spam.

[BTMsoftware]

people may hesitate to write about the bad experiences if they feel that their identity is revealed as they may be sitting on the same sh*t even when they are writing about the project, Am I right?

Fair enough, you're right.

if I do this I need moderators to volunteer.

Count me in. I can't be in the forum 247/ either but I visit it pretty regularly so....

[Ajith M]

Hi Mark, BTM
Another sugestion is Is there any way where the logged in user (only) can post anonymously only in this Thread ?

As Mark and BTM says its tough to moderate, But I log in to forum atleast once in one hour or so, but i am going for a small vacation/ transition on next month, after that i can volunteer some of my time for it,
But If the above mentioned suggestion is not possible then its better to have more moderators from various time zones so that the forum is always clean

[Hans Stolte]

Yep I can volunteer, im here daily

[Mark Kaye]

Have added you lot as moderators, so you should be able to delete posts, etc, here. I've also enabled guest posting - let's see how much spam comes in!!

[Guest_Guest_*]

Which, btw, seems to work!

[Ajith M]

Lets hope we dont get much spams here :-)

[John T. Kwon]

I don't bother being anonymous, as when the fecal material hits the oscillating air mobility device on a project, the management always blames the consultants in any case.

I've often been able to leave before things get bad, but I have not always been so lucky. Sometimes, out of a misguided sense of loyalty (I actually want to help!) I stay to the end...

Never a good idea...

They know who I am, and I know who they are. As long as I don't mention their company name, it's not going to affect their reputation - and my reputation with them is already in the toilet.

Funny, how projects where they listen to you, and work with you, it works great, and they love you.

And when it fails because they won't listen, and won't work with you, they curse your name.

[Guest_Guest_*]

Unfortunately, I work for an agency that routinely retaliates against employees who express concerns about projects internally. Most are keeping semi-quiet while looking for new employment. Some wait until retirement to express their concerns. Usually in a email circulated to most of the staff.

[Arrems]

i just got over the 400 post mark ,, meh oh well