Mark, Is there a way to tell if a group has Auto-Lock enabled, and for what time frame? Will that be indicated somewhere on the main page, or is it up to the owner/moderator to let us

I couldn't agree with you more. It's just a personal preference. Relax. Nobody is talking about rights. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author. I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and

I agree. If there's anyone that can be trusted to run a group fairly, it would be Shal. It seems the issue is a philosophical difference about whether a group should be moderated at all. I fully

The other three make sense, but this one doesn't. If someone goes away for a week, you want him/her to start a new thread to discuss the same topic? That doesn't reduce traffic, it just spreads

J, Brian, Excellent point. I've changed the wording of the group description and welcome message to include: For general Groups.io questions, please see the groups Group Managers Forum and the

Um, could you define "normal"? ;>) Have a great time. Duane

Ok, enough! This topic has devolved and I am (manually) locking it. I'll be switching all instances of threads to topics on the site. Besides the fact that I think it's more appropriate, both Yahoo

Brenda, You wrote, "But because of who I am, and because so many Yahoo users depend on me to help them understand this place, I have to catch up no matter how far I was behind." You

Brian wrote:>>Whether you recognize it or not, coming in here after months away and reviving countless threads, while breathlessly declaring how important you are and your concerns are doesn't make

I have to second J's concerns here. From the perspective of a vendor-customer relationship, which Groups.io maintains with users, it is critical that they understand the difference between "turning

Mark, Have a good one. You deserve it. :-) -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author. I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't. - Desmond Tutu

Mark, I think the current language makes it sound like GMF and Group_Help are *the official* Groups.io help forums. Whereas in fact, both technically/officially/commercially has nothing to do with

Enjoy your trip!! Having triplet granddaughters along with a slightly older brother, all still under age 10, and having traveled with them but only by car, I will send "strength vibes" your way!! --

Hi all, Quick note to say that I'll be on vacation starting this Saturday, 7/30 through Tuesday, 8/9, which means I'll be back to normal on 8/10. As before, I'll continue to be on pager, monitoring

I am not on GMF and haven't read the archives, but I trust Shal's judgement in running that group and have no issues with him running a group that is sanctioned by us. You do bring up a good point,

And you've just hit upon something someone I once knew on a forum expressed as, "Context, Context, Context!!" It's critical, and people should be able to fluidly context switch, and have for a very

last thought: also, if groups.io plans to have additional search features such as : suggested topics, or popular topics, or most active topics etc..you'd need to use the word "topic" as the word

...besides, of course, Shal, who started the whole thing. :-) -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author. I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't. - Desmond Tutu

I have one other thought here. I think that if GMF is to be a Groups.io-sanctioned help forum, it should not be moderated. I also think that the moderators should be chosen or approved. by Groups.io.

A lot of us have paved the way for several groups, large and small, to come to Groups.io. I spent months talking in depth with the leaders of at least one very large group, allaying their fears about