Cordelia ,'End of Days'
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Hivemind question:
I want to throw up a messageboard for a bunch of people to discuss one particular issue which would otherwise clog up our email boxes. Does anyone know of a good site (similar to mister poll or surveymonkey) which allows you to host a one-shot message board that users (with an emailed link) can post on without having to register or jump through any other hoops?
how many people are you talking about?
basecamp is a suggestion.
10 to 20 max
Set up a blog or livejournal and have them discuss the issue in comments -- note that either of these may get spammed up in the longer term if you don't have any kind of login and/or captcha hoops in place, but if you just need a quick place to discuss off-list, it's an easy setup and easy interface for your commenters.
I should add that this site should be free. Basically, I run a weekly basketball game for old folks like me, which has started to degenerate due to arguments over embarrassingly stupid things. (Does this kind of thing follow me around?) Anyway, I wanted to run a short "lightbulbs" for my group so we can hash out viable options to the problems we've been having, and then run a surveymonkey to get a (bullshit) consensus.
Wolfram, insent.
There are message boards like voy.com, which have threaded topics.
(Does this kind of thing follow me around?)
Nah, it's not just you.
I thought about doing a blog, but it seems like overkill? I may end up going that route.
It just seems like a free short-term message board is the type of thing that should already be out in the interwebs. I just can't find it.
Wolfram, basecamp is indeed free and you can do forums and real time chat. If you want to store files - that's when it starts getting pricey.