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| Special Needs/Disabilities Forum needed!
Posted: 6/25/2008 4:33:56 PM | I don't understand why people are speaking out against a disabilities forum.
... and sadly given all the reponses as to why not, you probably will continue
The first step is to actually "read all moderator  responses with respect to how forums function and what they are for, and NOT for, and what was asked for.
The forums are not for the congregation of a single set of users, they are for discussion purposes of a topic - that's it, not to chat, flirt, hook up and spam what a great catch you are. Read these Acceptable Use & Posting Rules.
I think a disabilities forum might generate more, and I've been around these boards for about a year and have seen many, many disabled people trying in vain to find others with commonalities.
Many?, and that would be what percentage? - as irrelevant as that is - the forums are not about the expose of a set of users - again.
This individual in question whom Deuce and several others mentioned was all over the boards asking for help. He is disabled. Many people did not realize that and were taunting, cruel and unkind to him.
There are reporting avenues for that - did you make use of them? Here is one ADMIN: Forum Rule Violations Report Thread.
It bothers me that people are objecting to this board's creation
Again, it's not about the objection to people with disabilities, lock in on that thought, but how the forum would be used - it makes no difference what special interest group it would be. There are avenues to discuss issues related to that topic matter.
If you want to know how to make a GOOD loaf of bread you wouldn't post in Off Topic or Dating Advice... you'd go to the Cooking section, and the same with help with your wireless network
As no one said that issues or topics relating to disabilities are forbidden, it makes no difference where they are (other than being blatantly posted in a wrong forum) , they are searchable by thread subject and can be found incorporated in many Specific Forums. if you Learn to use the FORUM Thread Search Tool
To re-iterate, it's Not about the discrimination of a group of people, but more of a site manageability, usability and numbers viability. The forum would more than likely turn into a chat house, a forum for pity and attention seekers, and would attract the bashers and trolls - case in point, look at the Single Parent Issues Forum, countless pity threads and bashers galore that we have to continually clean up.
Incorporate any topics into the regular forums and if the topics are geared around a health issue rather than dating/relationship issue, you have the Health and Wellness Forum, or simply the Off Topic Forum. Key to any thread success is to give the subject a proper title.
We don't make the decisions, but with every special interest group or subject matter request that comes along, we give you the reasons as to why they may or may not work. Eventually it is up to Admin. In this case, the intended ask of a place to hangout for people with disabilities is not within the current construct of how the forums are intended to operate - even if it's strictly Issues based, the numbers won't sustain it. This is no different than asking for a special forum for a particular culture or race due to specific issues they may or may not face, and those numbers would far supersede the numbers for People with Disabilities.
I expect this thread may well be deleted too
it may close very soon, but it will not be deleted ...
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| Special Needs/Disabilities Forum needed!
Posted: 6/25/2008 5:05:33 PM | I'd like to start out by saying I greatly appreciate the mods, Ticket and Trapped's, patience with this thread. As it is proving a difficult topic for discussion, but simultaneously it is demonstrating a need and also a lack of need for this forum.
When I first read Deuce's OP I tended to agree with him, but then my mind began to work as I read through the Moderator responses. You see, while it would be great to have a forum for people like Tim, to openly discuss topics, and those of us who are well versed to be able to guide them, it already exists. It's within the forums that we already have. Is the purpose of them not to allow those of us with knowledge and wisdom to guide the minnows through the perils of dating, to mend broken hearts, to answer what sometimes seems like basic common sense questions?
This site affords all of us an opportunity to ask almost any question we choose to ask, and each of us to give our personal opinions on that question. It depends upon us, the community to police it and rid it of those who are attempting to degrade others and destroy the basic fundamentals it has been built upon. Within these forum walls we each have a personal responsibility to help Tim, to guide him in the direction which will finally allow him to achieve that dream he so wantingly is seeking. It is up to each of us to lend him our wisdom gained through experience in a true attempt to find him that special someone who will make his eyes burn with a fire most of us have had a chance to feel at one time.
If we were to create a special needs forum, it would be filled with people attempting to take advantage of those with the true special needs, the fiscal price of policing it to ensure the safety of the participants would be astronomical. And in the end it would be the end of POF that we all know and love so much.
I applaud you Deuce for your efforts on this most noble endeavor, but please take a moment and look around, the forums are for all to enjoy and learn from. The task is not to create a special needs forum, the task is to make those with specials needs, which really is all of us at one time or another, feel welcome in our forums. | |
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| Special Needs/Disabilities Forum needed!
Posted: 6/25/2008 10:48:52 PM | The 10-20% estimate was based on special needs diagnoses within the BC school system. It included the more hidden conditions such as learning disabilities and ADHD/ADD. Despite the objection of the moderators I still think it is a good idea but it is clear that they are not going to entertain the request. Therefor, the question now is what other options are available?
Therefor, the question now is what other options are available?
As was stated to another poster :
The first step is to actually "read all moderator responses "
Thread Closed - Suggestion Noted and will be reviewed by Admin
Trappedonbayst
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