buckworks - 4:09 pm on May 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

I have admin status on an industry-specific forum that has been around for a couple of years and has about eleven hundred members. There's a few dozen regular posters (some of whom know each other in person), and the general tone is professional and helpful. There have been a few "incidents", but sometimes weeks will go by when the only modding that's needed is to delete an accidental duplicate post.

Our biggest problem is getting posters to understand and remember that the board is not a private space in the way someone's living room might be. No matter how cozy and personal the conversations feel sometimes, they need to be sensible about what they say. "Remember, your competitors are in here reading, too!"