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To: jbe who wrote (1203)	8/2/1999 5:27:00 PM
From: PCModem	Respond to of 2340

Sorry if this has been brought up before, but I'd like to see a mechanized way to report terms of use violations. Remove the personal animosity factor by making a check list. Add a link at the bottom of each post. If you believe the post is in violation you click on the link, type in your Nick, check the appropriate item from the list (such as: "Spam," "Language," "Invasion of Privacy" etc.) and it gets sent to the appropriate person. I should think management might like making this part of their job more straight forward and possibly even easier. I think some posts which should have been removed may not have been because the persons complaining about them were emotional or had additional items on their agendas. PCM

To: jbe who wrote (1203)	8/3/1999 12:25:00 AM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2340

OK, thanks for this post Joan. I thought of something else, btw and that is the ability to go back to posts #100-200, etc. on a particular thread, remember that? You click on the header and it lists the post#'s. I haven't figured out a way to do that, if anybody has, please reply. I'm a little surprised somebody wanted the clubhouses. On the Dell thread last year (which I thought was the most active thread at the time), nobody used the clubhouse. I figured nobody used it anywhere if the chatty dell thread didn't want it. Sounds good as long as there is never, never a sanity thread clubhouse! No thank YOU! LOL So that leaves these issues: 1) The "search this thread" function. That has been restored. 2) The "posts by this person" search function. That has NOT been restored. 3) The number of posts listed on the profile page reduced to 20, as against 100 on classic SI. 4) The disappearance of the Clubhouses. 5) Ability to access lists of prior posts by range. Caroline also sent a good post, maybe we can group them and come up with a substantive list, I don't know. BTW imo, it really isn't feasible to have an old and a new site, only because the old one takes on a life of its own in terms of supportability. Most R&D groups don't want to manage that, I know. In this case I am unsure what they will do with this uproar.

To: jbe who wrote (1203)	8/3/1999 12:16:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2340

Joan, this transition has allowed us a unique look at an organization as it grows to reach its "defining moment". How will the management and leadership at Go2net handle "Control" and Differentiation"? All around the threads of SI open rebellion from change abounds. Will SI allow the customers to control the look and feel of SI? Will they control it? Or will a combination be the answer? For many of us, Go2Net was a nothing corporation until they bought SI. As I look at their web portfolio, I still consider SI their "Crown Jewel". As has been discussed on various threads from the beginning, some key management decisions regarding how to implement this "change" were handled poorly. Not having the necessary people available to respond to customer inputs was probably the largest of them all. I suspect in the end, we will be forced into our new SI format. And will accept the new look as home after a relatively short period of time. When you place a frog on the stove in a pot of water and slowly increase the temperature, it will heat itself to death. However, if drop a frog in a pot of boiling water it will quickly jump out. I suspect Go2Net is allowing the customers to simmer for a while and get used to the water. :-) Michael