Experimental Alt Gov't Forum

[Meredith]

To further elaborate - I think a forum like this might work or might not, but the way that the laws regarding websites sit right now, site owners (those that own the domain) are legally responsible [to a point] for their player's doings. To have a site owner give up this much control would be putting your own head under the chopping block, legally speaking - what happens if something goes wrong?
RpN will likely never do something like this, even if just because of that.

 

[Dugym]

To further elaborate - I think a forum like this might work or might not, but the way that the laws regarding websites sit right now, site owners (those that own the domain) are legally responsible [to a point] for their player's doings. To have a site owner give up this much control would be putting your own head under the chopping block, legally speaking - what happens if something goes wrong?
RpN will likely never do something like this, even if just because of that.

If you host it on ProBoards for example (the boards.net folks), wouldn't they be responsible?


Also, a Constitution could keep certain rules.


(On a phone so I can't respond to everyone right now)

 

[Cold Ramen Noodles]

Cool idea, but there are so many other things that could be implemented to better the site that something like this really doesn't seem needed at the moment. 

 

[Meredith]

If you host it on ProBoards for example (the boards.net folks), wouldn't they be responsible?


Also, a Constitution could keep certain rules.


(On a phone so I can't respond to everyone right now)

No, and I personally wouldn't agree with putting it on someone else's head, either.


Something like this could be cool - if you wanted to do something like this, it'd be a cool thing to see around the web (but no advertising here please) - but I can't see us doing it at any point.

 

[call me rae]

Also your forgetting the other function of staff. The not fun or user-seen side that is :


How are your elected staff going to pay for the site? How are they going to fix the code or make sure the actual website itself is kept up in running? If that section is always changing than well who is responsible for that kind of upkeep?


Like I have no idea of the legal or monetary effort that Wiz puts into this site but I can assume it's pretty hefty. 


So if you just get random people elected to do this than I can see that the actual functioning bits of the site - the code/the money/etc. would be all over the place.

 

[Lord Pug]

Cool idea, but there are so many other things that could be implemented to better the site that something like this really doesn't seem needed at the moment. 

I agree with this.

 

[Dugym]

Also your forgetting the other function of staff. The not fun or user-seen side that is :


How are your elected staff going to pay for the site? How are they going to fix the code or make sure the actual website itself is kept up in running? If that section is always changing than well who is responsible for that kind of upkeep?


Like I have no idea of the legal or monetary effort that Wiz puts into this site but I can assume it's pretty hefty. 


So if you just get random people elected to do this than I can see that the actual functioning bits of the site - the code/the money/etc. would be all over the place.

You can use a free forum software like Boards.net that does all the work for you.

 

[Dugym]

Just a theoretical question: Who votes on which rules are the golden ones? Some might say that an acceptable reading experience by avoiding spam etc. is more important on rpn than no erp-content... the whole thing just sounds like total chaos to me - maybe it's fun for the first few hours, put rping over there would probably be hell. Having rules change is no good, since the content stays there for multiple legislative periods. Rping is a long-term commitment, at least for me - why would I want to start an rp where I'm not sure that I'll be able to continue it the same way after a month or two?


I'd be interested to know which rules are not mandatory in your opinion - maybe it's just me thinking of the ones you certainly wouldn't want to have changed.

I'd say most of the rules RpN has would be good, especially rules that without them, going over to this other site would harm a user (rules like erotic content and illegal discussions). I'd imagine this forum wouldn't immediately have an alternative government; a week for example might be used to sort things out.


A policy could be proposed that GMs could get a few extra rights, or something like that.

 

[Kaerri]

If you want to start something like that, that's up to you.  We can't and won't stop you.


However, I do not see this ever happening here, much less on an associate site.  Whatever you do over there will be on you and whoever's there with you.  It will not be affiliated with RpN whatsoever.


It's hard enough policing one site, trust me.  We don't want to have to worry about two - and if this "experimental" thingy is affiliated or associated with RpN, it becomes our responsibility.

 

[The Dark Wizard]

As this suggestion has nothing to do with this site and the already stretched staff are not going to build another one, I'm going to go ahead and close this thread.