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Melody  11 Feb 2022
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Hi David,
Thank you for the information and for your support.

I stumbled upon this forum less than 3 months ago. At that time is was little more than a low level chat room for children. Only a few maths questions were being posted and very few of those attracted any serious answers. I was only just discovering the joy of forums at that time and I recognised that this had the potential to be a jewel.

In three short months the forum has moved to where it is today. Now there is a group of core users, all of whom are really nice young people. Bullying has almost been abolished. Some of the core people let the potential bully know very quickly that his/her behaviour is not appreciated and, to my surprise, potential bullies seem modify their behaviour accordingly.
I don't mind having some snarky behaviour. It is a children's forum after all and most are just having fun. I find the revolving percent question quite amusing. What does worry me is that I think someone has tweaked the programming. That percent question is appearing in a number of 'new' posts. This is of particular concern because when the young person tires of the forum and moves on, his/her viral legacy is likely to stay behind.

The webmasters are conspicuously silent on this site. I have sent them a few messages and they have never responded. Very occasionally the administrators do post a calculator output but it is very random and never comes with any explanation. Of course it may not even be the administrators. Anyone can call themselves admin in this forum. In almost all ways it would be better if people had to register in order to make posts. The webmasters really don't seem to care what goes on here.

Some of the other forum users are starting to answer questions on a regular basis, and some of those people are very capable. I really try to encourage this, teaching is a learned skill too, it is a skill that some are very keen to develop. I want this forum to be self sustaining. If it continues to be reliant on only one or two 'teachers' then it is not likely to have longevity. I could probably bring in more high level people but I don't really want to do that. I want the children to mould their own forum. I too have learned a lot, mainly by seeking out you tube clips and other information to aid with my answers. I only discovered Latex about a month ago and I am quite proud of my use of it now. Some of the other users have also taught me things. Only the other day, a seven year old core member taught me what 'tia' meant (in Spanish).

I am now to a point where I want to develop more interactivity. People learn better if it is interactive and plus, like you said, there is not a lot of point doing excess teaching if no one is actually listening. I am sure many of the children don't realise that 'real' people answer their questions. Maybe I am too forgiving but I think that this is the nature of the child and most of the time I am prepared to wear it.

There is a facility for private messages here but I don't think it works for me. I have received messages but the replies that I send appear to remain in my out box. Maybe their server doesn't handle Australia. This is a disappointment for me; I would really like to be able to send private messages sometimes.

Anyway, thank you for your support and welcome to Web2.0calc forum. I hope you stay and become a part of our happy community.
Melody.

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