When the IS people brought it to my attention, there was a raging battle going on between smokers and nonsmokers. Things were getting pretty ugly. Hughes understood that a grassroots forum would reject a heavy hand. No anonymous posts. If a joke isn't appropriate for Fox Television, it has no place on this board.
All messages appear on the board as soon as they're sent.
Then we deal with offensive ones. The success of the board is based on spontaneity and candor. Hughes can't say how many of Kaiser's 34,000 employees and physicians in the region post to or read his bulletin board. But he can say that the role of Rumor Check now extends beyond its original mission. This is probably the only communication forum in this organization that doesn't include 'MD' after doctors' names or 'RN' ' after nurses' names.