Posted by Dinah on November 20, 2003, at 9:40:52
In reply to Re: But what *can* Dr. Bob do? » Dinah, posted by NikkiT2 on November 20, 2003, at 5:24:54
I'm guessing from Dr. Bob's post that he did his best at doing that. If the IP matched that of a different known poster, there would have been consequences. So he's probably done all he can. Which is not to say that the IP address was Kristen's either. He apparently couldn't find out anything conclusive from it though. (And I'm just guessing here.)
So what can he do at this point?
I'm not altogether sure whether posing as someone else and announcing your own death is a violation of the civility rules. I hope that if it wasn't before, it is now. I'm almost positive posing as someone else and announcing someone else's death would be a violation.
So I'm reasonably sure, if P is identified and returns to the site, there will be consequences and they will be as public as any other admin actions are. If P doesn't return to the site, we'll probably be left not knowing what happened for sure.
I really didn't want to admit that I went this far, but I checked the online obits from the area I think she said she came from and saw nothing. But since my memory of her posts isn't all that strong, I could be wrong.
If anyone finds out she's alive, I'd hope they'd post as much to quell the worries of those who are concerned. I'm guessing it would be easier for them to do that if they weren't afraid it would bring up a firestorm of anger against Kristen. If I were a friend of Kristen's and in the position to know she was alive, I'd feel awfully torn between my concern for the posters here and my knowledge of the likely consequence of angry posts aimed at Kristen. At least I would, I'm not speaking for anyone, since to my knowledge, no one knows anything. Perhaps anyone who knows about Kristen's status could email Dr. Bob. And anyone who knows who P is could email Dr. Bob.
Otherwise, I think all we can do is assume Kristen is ok, and move on with the board. At least that's my, in this case, genuinely humble opinion. Because if I could think of something else, I'd be happy to drop my plan. So I guess I should say that all I've decided to do is to assume Kristen's ok, move on, and trust Dr. Bob to behave in a more open manner if the matter resurfaces.
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