Thread: Learning together

Originally Posted by Melawe

The forum is only for offline communications. Please remember this is a study group I'm making, I don't intend to steal any forums members nor do I plan or know how to teach more than 25 people. Especially this forum, this is the only forum that I used while learning Java and many JPF members have helped me; if the link offends the owner of this forum I'd be glad to remove it.

I don't think he'll ask you to remove it, that's the point- he's a super nice guy. So it just seems shady to use this forum to say "hey guys, come join this other forum" even as you use this site's bandwidth to send private messages, etc. That stuff ain't free.

I'm not saying it's a world-ending big deal, it just might be a little dicey. That's all. I don't speak for JavaPF, this is just my opinion.

Originally Posted by KevinWorkman

So you are using this forum to administrate a competing site? The owner of this site is a super nice guy, but doesn't that seem a bit dicey? You could have used this existing forum for all your communication, which would give you the benefits of not making people register in two different places (web users are notoriously lazy) and getting input from more experienced non-members.

This is a Java forum, I'm looking for Java study partners; how is it wrong if I ask if someone is interested here?

Originally Posted by KevinWorkman

I don't think he'll ask you to remove it, that's the point- he's a super nice guy. So it just seems shady to use this forum to say "hey guys, come join this other forum" even as you use this site's bandwidth to send private messages, etc. That stuff ain't free.

I'm not saying it's a world-ending big deal, it just might be a little dicey. That's all. I don't speak for JavaPF, this is just my opinion.

Let me see if I get this right; you think I am using JavaPF's kindness to advertise my forum?

Originally Posted by Melawe

Let me see if I get this right; you think I am using JavaPF's kindness to advertise my forum?

In a way, yeah. I don't know the inner workings of the site, but I assume that JavaPF is paying for hosting and bandwidth, which he tries to make up for with minimal advertisements. I don't think he's making a profit. So to set up a different forum (instead of, say, setting up a topic or topics here for your group) and to still use this forum's private messaging (and therefore bandwidth) for your forum seems- I don't even know the word. Shady?

But like I said, I don't speak for JavaPF, and he would probably not say anything. But in a very real way, you're using somebody else's bandwidth ($) to take ad viewers ($) away from them. That seems non-kosher to me, but also like I said, it's not the worst thing I've ever seen in my life. Do with my two cents as you will.

But aren't you requiring users to PM you here in order to get their accounts activated there?

It's fine, I don't feel like arguing about this, I just thought it was a bit dodgy is all.

I have just read up on this thread. I do not mind you organising a study group here but please be careful if advertising a competing forum. We do not want a conflict of interests. You can use our resources but please give credit where credit is due.