Posted on Jun 3, 2019
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There is no denying that we, as a Veteran community can benefit from the knowledge of civilians that may have some knowledge in key areas, however, as one of the first members to join RallyPoint when it went public and as one of the senior user admins of this site, I've see more and more civilian accounts coming to RallyPoint to ask for money, share links to their own business, and just simply not be of any benefit to the community.
So here is my question for the account. I know I'm going to catch some heat for this and I'm asking as me, not as an Admin for RallyPoint but what does the community think of having civilian accounts on our site? I'm for having them, however, I personally feel that civilian accounts should have READ ONLY access to the site. This will allow them to see things but no generate any new content. Business partners with RallyPoint would be exempt from this since they help keep the lights on.
So here is my question for the account. I know I'm going to catch some heat for this and I'm asking as me, not as an Admin for RallyPoint but what does the community think of having civilian accounts on our site? I'm for having them, however, I personally feel that civilian accounts should have READ ONLY access to the site. This will allow them to see things but no generate any new content. Business partners with RallyPoint would be exempt from this since they help keep the lights on.
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If these civilians are violating RP rules, RP admins should "correct" them or cancel their access if they resist correction. Of course, that puts quite a load on the admins. If that load is too great, then maybe limiting all civilians to Read Only access may be the only answer, however, that would be sad indeed. I expect that RP has benefited from participation by civilians, especially those who have family members in service. Thus, my vote is "Other"
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SGT Ben Keen
CPT Jack Durish - we, as admins, do spend a lot of time dealing with correcting posts and removing accounts that continuously violate our standards. I do agree that there is some benefit to having civilians on here but sadly, like most things in life, a few is spoiling the bunch.
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SGT Ben Keen My ears go up every time I see a civilian post, after that my mind says what do they want?
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Just remember that you can have potential recruits who want to join the military who want to come into this forum to ask questions and not to mess with our heads or make stupid, racist remarks.
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LTC (Join to see)
CSM Charles Hayden ironically, I've also had a rogue field grade officer belittle me severely here on Rally Point just because he disagreed with my point of view to the point where I had to have SSG(P) James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" intervene on my behalf because this one officer went over the line big time.Thank you SSG(P) James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" !
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SGT Ben Keen
LTC (Join to see) - I totally see your point. Defiantly a point to keep in mind during this conversation.
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