Posted by Nikkit2 on June 13, 2005, at 10:50:27
In reply to Re: Out of interest - closing all PB boards, posted by so on June 13, 2005, at 9:24:36
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> 1. Are the boards set up and operated by a physician who uses "doctor" as a screen name?In some cases, yes they are. 4 I have set up have been as "out of hours peer support" for some high profile Therapeutic communities, and as such a "run" by Doctors, but they only act in the role of moderator.
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> 2. Do the boards use public sanctions as a remedy to discourage posting of information that will be left on the server even though the person who posted the information is excluded from further posting?Yes. They have One week "time out" periods, and also posting bans based around dialectical behaviour therapy, and the model run by their TC.
> 3. Do the boards use the term "Be Civil" to describe expectations for compliance with terms of service?
Not those exact words no. But something similar.. "Please support the methods of our TC" is one phrasing used.. Normally the "slap" would consist of wording that points out exactly what the problem was. But, these are smaller communities, and the moderators have much more time.> 4. What role to peers play in administerng the peer support groups?
They are the general day to day moderators, but the Doctors involved always have the final say. I don't how how familiar you are with the general idea of TC's, in that the "patients" have much more say in all aspects and can infact vote another "patient" out entirely.
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> 5. Is any part of the terms of service written in a first-person voice?There are no "terms of service" as such. Just guidelines that they would like people to stick to.
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> 6. Do any of the boards rely on terms of service that say an administrator does not know what to expect of participants until something happens contrary to administrative expectations?Yes. In everything to do with the boards it very clearly says that this is all very new, and that ideas and methods will change as time goes on, including things that you can be given a time out for, or a warning for. often, you don't know something is wrong until you face it. Like in IT, you don't always know something will go wrong until it goes wrong.
Nikki
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