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Go to proboards dot com and start another community

Mindy D — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:48:57 GMT

Go to proboards dot com and start another community. The proboards is the largest place you can start your own forum. Anyone here that wants to can start a new forum there. Take a look at the site. There's a page that explains all the services you get when you put your community there. The service is FREE. For all the site does for any board, look on the home page under the heading, Features. The site does so much. It's well organized. Many benefits. They take care of all the tech too.

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Mellyg — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:16:52 GMT

I have put considerable thought into this.

It seems as though FB isn't a viable option for many (I agree for various reasons.

Wisteria Lane is being gracious and is appreciated. However, the learning curve and the "clumsy" layout may be less than ideal (compared to what we are used to).

I would be willing to work diligently to get a new board started with as close to as similar of a layout as possible. I have so,e resources to contribute. However, cannot do so alone in a prompt/timely manner.

would anyone be interested in putting some time/brainstorming together to get something going?

Re: Go to proboards dot com and start another community

Mindy D — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:27:45 GMT

@Mellyg @Please take a look at the proboards.you could do this there with very little effort. On the proboards dot com, see the heading titled Features. You'll see how much is done there that you would not have to do.

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goldensrbest — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:28:45 GMT

@Mindy D , you are one of the perfect people to do this,we should stay with our usernames we have here.

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Winkk — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:29:32 GMT

I just looked st that web page and it looks like a good solution. I didn't get into the details but don't we need a moderator or someone to organize it

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JJsMom — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:30:50 GMT

These never seem to work out because there needs to be moderation. It ends up being an unmoderated mess.

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Mindy D — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:33:14 GMT

@goldensrbest @I'm sorry, but I am not up to this. I hope someone else is.

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On It — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:33:54 GMT

@Mindy D wrote:
Go to proboards dot com and start another community. The proboards is the largest place you can start your own forum. Anyone here that wants to can start a new forum there. Take a look at the site. There's a page that explains all the services you get when you put your community there. The service is FREE.

I looked at proboards. The site looks ideal for our purposes. Since I know very little about computers, navigating the web, and organizing data, I would not be able to help set up a new forum but I would certainly want to join.

Would some of you who know about such things take a look? Is this a choice that could work like our current forums? If the setup could duplicate this arrangement, it would make a much smoother transition. Of course, I would like to know about their security, open back doors, mining data, exposing us to internet bad guys, etc.

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Mindy D — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:37:06 GMT

@On It @You don't need to know much. See the section on the home page titled, Features. The proboards does almost all the tech.

Re: Go to proboards dot com and start another community

Mindy D — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 18:13:25 GMT

I think I've provided enough information to get started. Thanks, Mellie, and others for taking on this responsibility. You can see all the features on the proboards home page.

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On It — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:42:58 GMT

@Mindy D wrote:
@On It @You don't need to know much. See the section on the home page titled, Features. The proboards does almost all the tech.

I could screw up an anvil if it were involved with a computer. It took me most of yesterday to find the banner about closing the forums. My skills are very limited. It looks like a simple enough procedure. I hope someone who is tech savvy will take charge and see what they can do.

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Cakers3 — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:51:17 GMT

@JJsMom wrote:
These never seem to work out because there needs to be moderation. It ends up being an unmoderated mess.

@JJsMom Whoever sets up on ProBoards can assign moderators from the group.

However, that turned into a disaster on another site, which will not be named.

It turned out if you disagreed with the political slant you were banned. Some of the nicest posters here were booted.

I left because of a certain person. Not worth getting into. I just considered the source.

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Cakers3 — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:53:15 GMT

I will have time after surgery to give it a try but I would need to know if there would be a good variety of folks from here going over to there.

Fair and inclusive unlike some other sites.

Any suggestions for a name for the group?

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stevieb — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:53:16 GMT

@Mellyg I don't know how much help I might be, but feel free to give me a shout out if you wish. The pro boards options, on the face of it, does look more viable than the alternatives discussed so far and, like so many others, would love to see a presence remain without having arms twisted to join Facebook, which many clearly don't want to do. As might have been anticipated, QVC's management of this has been clumsy and unconscionable.

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JJsMom — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:59:50 GMT

@Cakers3 wrote:
@JJsMom wrote:
These never seem to work out because there needs to be moderation. It ends up being an unmoderated mess.
@JJsMom Whoever sets up on ProBoards can assign moderators from the group.

However, that turned into a disaster on another site, which will not be named.

It turned out if you disagreed with the political slant you were banned. Some of the nicest posters here were booted.

I left because of a certain person. Not worth getting into. I just considered the source.

Exactly. There's the issue of people forming cliques and moderating unevenly, or the political agenda. I have zero interest in other boards moderated by posters here (no offense ).

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haddon9 — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:00:17 GMT

I would be intersted to join. Like many of you I'm not computer savvy at all so I can't see me starting this.

However I will try to keep this thread going....will come back later for a bump to see if there is someone who might be willing.

I agree about "Wisteria Lane". I signed up but it sure seems a bit cumbersome to navigate.

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wishmoon — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:04:30 GMT

A lot of those QVC FB sites have one huge problem...the moderation. The person(s) who began the group get together and suddenly power overcomes them. Power from a FB group? Yep. It's not only agreeing w/them w/subjects like religion and politics, it includes designers, fashions, etc. If anyone complains, they're told that they're supposed to love QVC. I don't know if this is the group that QVC recommends but at least one of them says this. I don't post there anymore bc it's too moderated. Wherever we go, moderators will be the real problem.

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BornToShop — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:06:34 GMT

@stevieb I was thinking the Q's management's decision more along the lines of the epitome of ignorance and stupidity.

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Mersha — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:06:41 GMT

@JJsMom wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
@JJsMom wrote:
These never seem to work out because there needs to be moderation. It ends up being an unmoderated mess.
@JJsMom Whoever sets up on ProBoards can assign moderators from the group.

However, that turned into a disaster on another site, which will not be named.

It turned out if you disagreed with the political slant you were banned. Some of the nicest posters here were booted.

I left because of a certain person. Not worth getting into. I just considered the source.
Exactly. There's the issue of people forming cliques and moderating unevenly, or the political agenda. I have zero interest in other boards moderated by posters here (no offense ).

@JJsMom I think there is a poster here that would be a fair moderator and do a good job.

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Johnnyeager — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:11:53 GMT

A Forum moderated by another poster? I've been on one of those (the offshoot from here) and it's fine and fun for awhile.

Until it gets ugly and then hope that the moderators agree with your opinion and/or are friends.