Should the Tavern be a 'closed' forum

[K]

Another example, where such patient-confidentiality concerns are probably not relevant, is Kirby. A long time ago (months), a poster on this board stated with seeming certainty that it was all over in terms of football. Fairfax at the time noted only that it was believed the club knew what the condition was, though they chose not to specify it. The claim is that the club had made the decision, but for the player's and club's sakes did not want to announce it. A week or two ago, this claim did appear in the media (of course it could have surfaced earlier and not been noticed by me), and I'm guessing it's likely correct.

There are also happier examples than this...

[stui magpie]

I really don't get what your agenda is here.

This thread was specifically about the Tavern, not general discussion.

Making GD a closed page where you had to log in to read anything would be ridiculous. If people couldn't read anything without joining, why would they even come here or join?

As far as people posting made up shit or private information and media or others picking it up, so what? Media types regularly trawl this and other fan sites (Big Footy in particular) as well as facebook group pages.

If you really think it's a good idea, post it in general feedback and see what the mods say.

[K]

I don't have an agenda. If I (or others) come to some sort of conclusion and am certain that some sort of policy regarding any forum is a great idea, I (or others) presumably then have a reason to make concrete suggestions in the Feedback Forum. Would you prefer me to remain mute until such time?

No one actually suggested making GD closed. Even if they did, I don't think that's a reason not to remain calm or to object to any discussion. Discussion is usually considered okay.

The claim that media types trawl these bulletin boards, if true, actually gives greater reason to have discussions about these sorts of issues.

[HAL]

I am not so sure if I would like to prefer him or her to remain mute until such time.

[Pies4shaw]

[K]

^ Well, more concretely, a VPTer's boss could come on here, knowing before or after that the employee is a VPTer and, on the basis of what the boss reads, the employee could be sacked.

Such things have certainly happened in the past. (e.g. in the US, a photo of someone giving the finger to a political entourage went viral and the woman was sacked.)

[luvdids]

Pretty sure my boss doesn't know me as 'luvdids'. If he does, good luck to the loser, I've always considered him a moron & has no idea how to run the company.