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How will the proposed private rooms work?

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LilyBolero · 15/08/2009 22:05

In the light of the DM stuff, I imagine MNHQ will be looking to get the private rooms sorted out quickly. So I wondered how they would run? Will it be a case of a single user opening a room and then inviting people to join them? Or will it be possible to request an invite?

How will you avoid narnia type incidents?

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JustineMumsnet · 16/08/2009 00:28

Our thought was to offer private, non google-indexed, password protected boards around subject groups - eg miscarriage, special needs, bereavement, cancer sufferers, lone parents, relationship breakdown etc etc

Anyone member could set one up and be the admin. You'd apply to join. They would be subject to the same rules re personal attacks.

Obviously it's not complete protection but it's will give folks a a non public board to discuss more private stuff with folks around particular, perhaps more sensitive topics.

Do post any thoughts on what you'd like/ wouldn't like - we're at the very early stages of development so everything can be considered.

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JustineMumsnet · 16/08/2009 00:34

Well beanieb clearly it offers protection from Google - if it ain't indexed Google won't pick up on it - and I think it could well deter passing journos too - though I suspect a really determined Nick-Davies type would find a way through...

Ever since way back when there's been demand for this really - the Special Needs folk asked for a private place yonks ago, privacy the primary driving factor for the formation of Moldies.

If they turn into bitch-ridden vipers nests then clearly we'd need to get involved/ think again - but it's hard to argue against a private place for folks to discuss bereavement we think...

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JustineMumsnet · 16/08/2009 00:56

Well there would have to be a pretty good reason not to allow someone I think - with a right of appeal to MNHQ

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YetMoreTech · 16/08/2009 08:45

As to how this will work exactly, we're still open to suggestion.

I am not convinced that it will become as divisive as some people seem to think. A private room set up by someone to invite a couple of friends to join to moan about another poster (not that I'm suggesting anyone would ever do such a thing!) is undesirable of course, but functionally not much different to them doing it by email or on Facebook.

But more than that, it's self limiting - a room (is that what we've decided they'll be called? hmmm, we refer to them as topics when they're not private, but anyway, I digress) with very few participants will likely wither and die quickly and rooms with plenty of people will be largely self-regulating, just like the topics we have now are. People will make reasoned arguments against posters that are out of line and any that need action from MNHQ will be alerted by a Report This Post function.

Creating a group won't give you the right to delete or edit the posts it contains I don't think. It will give you the right to invite other people to join and to accept requests from others who wish to join it too. Additionally you would be able to grant similar rights to other members, so that you can delegate those responsibilities which would be particularly useful if you were going to be offline for a while (perish the thought).

If people have thoughts about how other aspects of this might work, we'd love to hear them, because it's still in the design stages. Let's 'ave 'em.

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