Final COPPA update just in time for holidays
Rosemary O'Neill
Community Management
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Blog Post CommentHi Rosemary, Thanks for the COPPA update. Can you call out the cavalry on the eve question shark forum? There are a bunch of us whose entire websites and forums have been down for an hour without response from social strata. Thanks so much.
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Blog Post CommentI think the basic age limit should be raised to 18. Just had a high school senior friend me on Facebook simply because I graduated there 25 years earlier. I seriously doubt that she would really want to hang out with a 43 year old truck driver.
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Blog Post CommentYou're welcome Lynda! And the cavalry resolved the issue yesterday...I'm looking to improve our outward communications when things like that happen; we'd like to be much more proactive than we were yesterday, and I'm sorry for that. Harold, I might agree with you. It's kind of funny that the actual age issue never really came up in their discussions. It's probably because there are certain situations where you wouldn't want to lock out 15-16 year olds.
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Blog Post CommentGreat article, Rosemary! I'd just add this: to 1. - No matter HOW you define success, your community must be visible in order to be successful. I've seen too many people hide their communities so that it takes a trail of breadcrumbs and a jungle machete to find it. to 2. - Completely agree that these are questions that are best answered before you start. We've seen a number of communities try to set up "premium features" on formerly-free features.
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Blog Post CommentExcellent points and great thoughts to consider before starting an online community. An addition to 1: How do my forum users define success, and is this congruent with my definition? What is their baseline for success, and what factors will cause them to consider the community a failure?
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Blog Post CommentI went to opposite approach. I purchased a UBB license from Infopop to give a few friends and I a new home and blindly jumped in with both feet. I can't thank you enough for giving a complimentary license to Leo Laporte. That was my intro to the world of Social Strata.
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Blog Post CommentThanks all for the excellent additions to the list! LOM great one! If you're going to throw a great party, you want to focus more on the comfort of your guests than yourself, right? Harold, we've always been big fans of Leo. It's cool to hear that something we did a long time ago has rippled through the years And we've definitely benefited from having you around too!
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Blog Post CommentThe conversation about kids online is an interesting conversation. Sometimes it is tricky to navigate these waters. Do you guys staff an ip lawyers or do you use one from the outside. I would be interested to see how small businesses handle these issues.
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Blog Post CommentAnyone who is distributing games online should pay attention to these issues. There are many facets to the issues at hand. How do small businesses make sure they are covered. Do any of you use an ip attorney or do you try to steer these issues on your own. I would be curious to see how you guys do this.
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Blog Post CommentEven I heard COPPA is under review till december last year.Didn't get any news on that after that.Is it still under review? silver water
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Blog Post CommentHi Richard- There is no setting to prevent it, but you could apply some custom CSS to hide it: div.likeReplyColumn { display:none !important; } (Add that to your Custom CSS field in Display Settings in your admin control panel.)
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Blog Post CommentIs the like button going to be appearing in the original post? Or just replies?
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Blog Post CommentHi Ricks- We already supported liking content in general.. this release simply adds support for liking comments and replies. Thus, you can now like the primary content itself, as well as any comment/reply. To like "the initial post", click on the like option in the right column near the top of the content page.
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Blog Post CommentLike the likes as well. One question: Is there yet a way to set the default avatar to something other than the silhouette of a man - like to one of the stock avatars. Most of my site members are women, so the man doesn't fit at all. Sorry, guys!
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Blog Post CommentHi Julia, There's still no way to change the default avatar. The good news is that if you upload stock avatars, it's very easy for anyone to select one of your predefined, stock avatars Brian
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