Posted by Minnie-Haha on June 11, 2005, at 13:59:20
In reply to Re: 3-complaint rule, posted by Dr. Bob on June 11, 2005, at 12:03:08
> > > If someone "overdoes it", can't you just tell them so?
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> > I could apply some sort of 3-complaint rule.
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> Maybe I shouldn't wait for the button. One possibility might be to accept complaints that are "upheld", but to limit those that aren't. What if a 3rd (about a particular other poster's posts) that isn't were considered uncivil?
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> BobThere have been a number of good ideas suggested. If enough are in agreement that there is a problem to be addressed, why not try something? You could even annouce that it (whatever method is chosen first) is going to be used for a trial period. (Can you send an email to all Babble members at once?) If that doesn't work, you could modify it, or move on to another idea, and try it for a trial period. What could we try?
* An ignore button.
* An "X" number of complaints rule (but IMO, not as proposed above... I'll describe separately).
* A request that all challenges to other posts' civility be directed via Babblemail to Dr. Bob (or a deputy) IF the person doing the challenging has not tried first (civilly), to get the poster to clarify what he/she meant.As for talk of being more democratic, if an issue has come to a head, why not vote on it? We have the Psycho-Babble Open group that has polling features, and which only allows one vote (which can be changed until the poll closes) per Yahoo ID. Prior to the vote, members would be advised that it was coming up (once again, via a mailing to all members). There could even be "pro" and "con" positions published on Psycho-Babble or the Open group, so that people who don't have a fixed opinion, but who want to vote, could educate themselves on the issue and make a decision. This doesn't seem that hard to me. Maybe getting the details set up at first, but after that... Why not?
If we're not gonna do anything else about this, I think *at least* the posters whose posts are being questioned (without first being asked themselves for clarification) should be notified that their posts ARE being scrutinized (that, IMO, has the potential to arouse ill-will toward the posters being questioned) so that they may defend themselves!
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