[Kathy]

Thanks for your input, guys!

I appreciate your thoughts. On the other swing of things, please understand that many things that might work for a teen site, won't work for an old lady site.

For instance, we don't want other people replying to the journals. This is a specific niche community for a specific kind of support....so one thread is plenty (believe me) and allowing others to reply is not acceptable. (Andrew, not to be mean but I would never allow the kind of member exchanges that I saw on your site. Allowing members to talk to each other the way that some of your members talk to each other is scary. If my members thought people would reply to them with those kinds of replies, my community of 30,000 members would quickly vanish.)

As for censorship and requiring TOS...I think this is where members might balk. Its the notion that its "my journal" so shouldn't I be able to write what I want? Freedom of speech and bla bla bla.

Although some might not consider censoring anything unless it is illegal, our community is a safe, non-hostile environment of women. (Atleast we work to keep it that way). To not censor and provide public guidelines for posting would not be responsible of me for my many members who joined because of the "kindness" factor.



Each community is soooo different! that's why I love to get feedback regarding the forums/journals issues since many of the things ya'll might allow, I couldn't. But perhaps things that we do, you couldn't do either.

The exchange of ideas is what will help me...good and not so good info.

So...do you think my members...who agree to a "kind" community...would see its okay to maintain the same TOS for journal forum?

Remember....this isn't a general topic site, nor one with young members. Its a niche...specific health concerns for women....online since 1998 with a reputation within the medical community offline and online for its excellence.