A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
After the F2f, trying to decide who is a Buffista and who isn't on Flickr is becoming a challenge.
For good or ill, and due to the fact that there are more and more Buffistas getting on Flickr, I have created a public, but invite only, group on Flickr. So, Buffistas can all join, if we please.
[link]
Taking a cue from the board, I have named the moderators "Stompy Foot [name]" and the members "Buffista [name]"
I am perfectly willing to integrate this into the buffistas.org collective, and make any stompy feet over here ones over there. We can also add admins from buffistas.org as well.
My primary goal is to have a way for us to easily ID Buffistas and have sharing to a group on flickr that is blocked from non-vetted people.
Please let me know if I have overstepped my bounds as a member and used our name improperly.
ETA: I intend to post a slightly modified version of this in Press.
Are you planning on doing the inviting, Daniel?
I've invited as many as I have contacts, then I assume others can invite.
Plus you can request of an admin by going to the web page, so that'll be two ways to get in.
DCP asked about public vs private group in an email to me.
I actually made Buffistas as a private group, then I renamed that and made another as a public group.
Private group cannot be searched for.
A public group can be searched for, and can be set to only members seeing posts and sharing photos. Invites and requests to join are approve-only.
You can take a public group private, but you can't make it public again after that.
I figured it would be easier to start public, with restrictions.
Xposty from Press:
Because i have had questions: Further information about the Buffista group on Flickr:
from [link]
Our group type:
- Invite-only public groups are useful for small groups who wish to focus on a particular theme, but want to maintain control over membership.
- Anyone can view the group page, but the only way to join the group is by invitation.
- Admins can choose to show or hide discussions and/or group pools from non-members. [Enabled!]
42 members, so far!
OK, do I have to have a Yahoo and/or Flicker account to be invited/join? Because I keep getting a login thingy when I click the link. I'll join, but I was hoping I wouldn't have to (for possibly completely irrational reasons).
I'll see what I can find, Frankenbuddha, but I'm thinking membership is needed.
Meanwhile, I've made Andi an admin, as this is moving fast.
I have not heard from any Buffista stompy feet or admins to see if they want to be in both places. You don't have to be, I just know you guys to be responsible... :)
If anyone else wants to help by being a moderator or admin, let me know.
do I have to have a Yahoo and/or Flicker account to be invited/join?
Yes, you need to be a Flickr member to join a Flickr group.
I'd really, really appreciate it if it were made a private group. That way, we could each keep photos "locked" in our own Flickr accounts, but then "send" them to this private Flickr group, where automatically anyone in the group could see them. That would be a huge deal easier than making every Buffista a "friend" on my Flickr contacts page. Flickr only offers security settings for "friends" and "family" and as much as I love the buffistas, it's not ideal having every Buffista privy to every one of my friends-locked photos.
The best thing about the group being private is that you only have to join once, and then after every F2F, we attendees could "send" our photos to the group and they'd automatically be made available to everyone in the group. MUCH easier than adding every person individually to all of our individual accounts.
