My concern is that even though I am approaching this in a benign and innocent fashion, I can definitely see a surge of even more final fantasy boards spawning off additional boards because people don't understand the ramifications. We'll have hundreds of boards throughout the vBLand with 8,000 forums and 400 posts because every jerkass in the world will want to rule their own little section.
Given the choice between governance and self-reliance, the human tendency is to want to go your own way.
That being said, I am thoroughly concerned about the issues that the License Agreement poses. There is not enough verbiage to prohibit this type of behavior, and I would be more than happy to sit down with the group and analyze the loopholes. I understand Jelsoft's desire to KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) but the possibility of litigation has been left wide open on several accounts.
I strongly urge GameCrash to go back to the drawing board and rework this hack to ensure that only limited users have access to forum creation. I think that the backend for forum manipulation is very powerful, and could be salvaged as a tremendous tool for all vBulletin users in the future.
I would like to hear from Jelsoft what they think a good comprimise would be. Thus far, this is the only way Moderators are able to add functionality to their parts of the board without being given explicit admin access.
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03-24-2004, 09:42 PM
Hybrid Mode
