Have Users Acknowledge Purpose of Site before Posting and Have Active Moderation
Looking at the site, there are way too many repeats of ideas, not only on the birth certificate issue but also on health insurance, marijuana, and some other issues. It seems like there are some people who are purposefully trying to subvert the intention of this site -- just what happened during the initial process when the Citizens' Briefing Book was first opened, when a gigantic group of "pro-UFO disclosure" types ...more »
Looking at the site, there are way too many repeats of ideas, not only on the birth certificate issue but also on health insurance, marijuana, and some other issues.
It seems like there are some people who are purposefully trying to subvert the intention of this site -- just what happened during the initial process when the Citizens' Briefing Book was first opened, when a gigantic group of "pro-UFO disclosure" types decided each and every one of them was going to post their own version of the same idea... a little different each time, but with one similarity: they wanted Obama to "disclose all information about UFOs" or "do something about" the "UFO issue." This birth certificate thing is no different, it is an interest group that has posted the "birth certificate idea" on every category and subcategory of this site without respect or consideration for the actual purpose of the Open Government Dialogue and without regard for the obvious categories of ideas. Ultimately these "birth certificate disclosure" folks are being allowed to dominate discussions because:
-There is no requirement that users who create a login must "agree" or "agree to acknowledge" the purpose of the site before they create a post.
-There seems to be no active moderation. Posted comments appear almost instantly. I have not posted an idea yet of my own, but based on what I am observing, I am guessing that there is no moderation of ideas either.
This results in me making the following suggestion through submittal of this idea:
1) All users should be required to login (I think this has recently happened)
2) All users should be required to acknowlede the purpose of the site -- a) before entry and b) especially before posting a new idea.
3) There must be active moderation at least for the posting of ideas. New ideas should be briefly reviewed by a moderator or moderators in order to make it onto the site, otherwise you are going to have people posting about UFOs or anything they want in the Transparency-Making Data More Accessible category, or even in the Participation subcategories, or anywhere. People need to accept the idea of having their ideas pass through a moderator before the idea appears on the site.
Also, there are way too many people insulting each other in posted comments using both mild and seriously derogatory terms. People are also insulting governmental employees and officers in seriously derogatory ways. Such posts (ideas or comments) are unprofessional and should be weeded out by a moderator.
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