PeerContentFaq

FAQ

Background

History

Why this forum system? Why not some other?

Why not an email group? Why such a forum?

Whats the difference between a discussion forum and a content forum?

Why does this require me to download a client application? And not on the web?

Should my forum users also use the client application? Can I distribute it?

Will this attract illegal/offensive forums?

Use cases

Why should one start a forum of this type?

What is a "sybil" account?

Why cant this be in a Wiki form?

Use it for developing consensus using the Delphi method

Use it for getting high quality mentorship

Use it to write a book

Use it in a classroom

Use it for family discussions

Use it for scientific research

Use it in knowledge based offices

Use it to for peer reviews

Starting up

Do I have to register/sign-in and then login?

How do I start a forum?

What are "Koyns"?

This needs to be used for an important social cause. Can I use it free?

I don't have a UPI ID. Will I get paid?

How do I get members into a forum I created?

I want ONLY an exclusive set of users to join my forum. What to do?

What steps should a new member do?

I don't want my members to pay anything. What to do?

Membership concerns

Why is a forum paused? How can it restart?

How many forums can I create/join?

Where and when do we see a member list?

But the forum creator would be known, right?

Where are the credentials of the forum I created?

But forum members can identify himself/herself later. Then what happens?

I am a prof. I used this to get students to work together. How do I give them marks?

My forum members need to be collectively acknowledged.

I don't want an old forum member to access the contents

Can the number of members be restricted?

I want only a closed group of friends to use it.
Let them be anonymous but I want control

Managing the forum

I am the creator of a forum. Now how do I manage it?

What would be the license of the contents generated in a forum?

What if some user copies the content and claims he wrote it?

How come I did not see passwords being used anywhere?

How do I shut down a forum I created?

How to ban a member?

A member posted something offensive. How to take legal action?

Using a forum

Can I make my post read-only ?

I joined a forum very late. Can I still get the earlier contents?

Can I only download some of the data?

Someone copied my post? What to do?

Can I edit a post?

Can I delete a post?

Will I get notifications when new posts arrive?

What is the maximum size of a post? Are attachments allowed in posts?

Can I get earlier versions of the same document?

Money matters

Why do you charge a setup amount?

Why should new members pay?

Can I pay in Dollars, Euros, etc? Answer: YES

Can someone outside (not forum member) credit Koyns into a Forum?

I could not get 3 members for my new forum. Can I get a refund?

How are forum creators paid?

Why do you charge per post also?

After the setup cost are done and commissions
given to creator, what happens to the balance?

Technical

How does this work?

When I minimized the application, it disappeared!

Where is the data stored?

Why would the server NOT know the contents of the forums?

What if a member leaks the forum password?

My computer went bust. What to do next?

I got an error saying there is a glitch in the IPFS fabric

Does the client application contain any virus?
Does it secretly take out data from my computer?

I have more ideas on this. Where do I submit those?