Internet Forum for Going Remote (example)

admin · Site Admin Posts: 5

I’ve been exploring the idea of using an Internet Forum as a place where people can ask for help, post guidelines, discuss additional topics….

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I hoped to make the idea more concrete. That the output of this group could be an active, alive thing rather than just a document.
Technology at the edge needs a vendor-neutral plus common open source implementations that people can adopt NOW.

I started with the outline in
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WsiciPN3u6wy6U_FxCgMLyyF9YKx-oHhO7IJsCd-vOM/edit?usp=sharing
to populate the initial content with the idea that:

the top level headings become forum groups (Education, Meetings)
The second level headings (University, K-12, …) would become individual for a
And the text items that document could become a post (pinned at the top)

I had a lot of questions….
- granularity of topics
- How to advertise so people will volunteer (priming the pump with content)
- What are the risks and gotchas (dealing with wanted and unwanted commercial content, for example)
- Which hosting provider to choose for this application
- Forum hosting, pricing issues
- Moderators
- Licensing issues, ability to export to different message board vendor
- etc. etc.

if you know anyone who has significant experience running a Forum like this?

admin · Site Admin Posts: 5

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