Tom Visser Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Hi Jeff, based upon the conversation regarding the UK mixers and those of us located outside of LA, was curious if there was a feature like some of the Yahoo! groups have, where members can enter their geographical location on a map... so one could browse the membership directory geographically. May even be helpful for those looking for locals to crew projects, to see who is nearby without having to send out a broadcast message. Just curious if this feature was supported on your software... Thanks, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Hi Jeff, based upon the conversation regarding the UK mixers and those of us located outside of LA, was curious if there was a feature like some of the Yahoo! groups have, where members can enter their geographical location on a map... so one could browse the membership directory geographically. May even be helpful for those looking for locals to crew projects, to see who is nearby without having to send out a broadcast message. Just curious if this feature was supported on your software... Thanks, Tom I think there may be some "geo-tagging" features but the problem is getting people to enter their location --- you would be surprised how many people here want to keep everything as big secret (even including their gender). I will look into it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Visser Posted August 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 As long as your vigilant in keeping the riff raff out, I feel a certain sense of comfort in having such information out there, especially if if is only viewable by members, and not any random Google crawl. It's not like I'd tag my exact location, but general neighborhood and in my case, it really only comes down to which island you are on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason porter Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 I would add my location, no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 This forum is open to the public, the riff raff and Google so privacy is, indeed, a factor for some people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 As long as your vigilant in keeping the riff raff out, I feel a certain sense of comfort in having such information out there, especially if if is only viewable by members, and not any random Google crawl. There isn't anything "random" about Google crawling this site --- that's what Google does. How do you think Google returns any results when you do a Google search for stuff on this site? Do a Google search on your name and jwsound and I'm pretty sure it will find that you are a member of this group; probably will also find most all of your posts here and most likely on CinemaSound site as well. I think Privacy is overrated (said by someone who has never been the victim of identity theft, a stalker, or any of the other nasty things that can happen). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Visser Posted August 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 I mean if you look at how the Yahoo! groups map works, it is available only to registered members of that particular group, and I don't think that the data from it can be parsed by the Google crawler in any meaningful way, if at all due to the rudimentary security measures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gilbert Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 We're all in business, so it's not so much an invasion of privacy as free advertising..... I can't imagine why people would get prickly about their location being revealed, unless you come on here with the intention of causing mischief, there's no reason to hide it. Same with using your full name, I don't know why someone wouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 As Jim Morrison once said, "people are strange" and we certainly have a few here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 I mean if you look at how the Yahoo! groups map works, it is available only to registered members of that particular group, and I don't think that the data from it can be parsed by the Google crawler in any meaningful way, if at all due to the rudimentary security measures. Tom, that is a choice that is made by the administrator of the Yahoo newsgroup... public newsgroup or members only newsgroup. That choice is available here and on most other forums, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Babb Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 I wouldn't mind a flag poking out of Wilmington with my name on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominiquegreffard Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Would love to display my primary working city ( montreal ) next to my name. And know from wich city are other users. Imho, That would be a tremendous added value to this already extra helpfull site. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Enough people have weighed in in favor of displaying Location under their name, so I am going to work on bringing that back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 If our host makes location visible, those desiring privacy could get our host's permission to enter "earth" for their location, (or maybe "none" ??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Lestage Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Before we launch Jeff's spy satellite into orbit , I'd still like to know who some of these anonymous members here on jwsoundgroup are... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Daddyo Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 I also would like to know who these anonymous folks are. It seems like since we switched over to this new site that there are a lot more unidentified people. Is this true or does it just seem that way. Anyway I vote for members being required to be tagged with their real names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 We do have a lot more members (we have had a lot of new sign-ups since moving over to the new site) and sadly many of them have chosen to use cryptic usernames. The other factor to consider is that quite a few profile images didn't make it over here on the move so we are looking at a lot of nameless faceless members here. I don't know what this obsession of using some weird username when we would all be a lot happier, I think, if we felt like our community was populated by regular people with names just like the ones they put on their time cards (or their applications for student loans). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Visser Posted August 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 There are some other groups that demand real names as part of the registration process, or those that implemented that policy, made people change their names, even if it had to be done manually by emailing the administrator (don't mean to create extra work for you). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 The map idea seems fun enough in a social network kind of way, but so do profile picture collages of members ala FaceBook......... I'm all for making this site more fun. I enjoy handles of members if they reflect an attitude or POV, but I do want to know who they are in real life as well. As far as my/your personal info goes, we are all only a few keyboard strokes away from whoever wants to track us. As for the lurkers and shy people who view this site but don't interact or join, I understand your reluctance or trepidation. It is hard to be exposed on any level in life. I would advise those who lurk or are timid to get naked. Expose yourself and hang free. You will feel better. Even if you look bad;~).... Just my opinion. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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