Posted by alexandra_k on June 14, 2005, at 23:53:27
In reply to Re: blocked for 6 weeks, posted by alexandra_k on June 14, 2005, at 18:37:25
>I didn't try to check my understanding of your POV first...That was the only thing I said from the link on that could be construed as posting to someone who had requested my not post to them. I thought we had managed to sort that out.
Maybe I'm still missing something.
With respect to Larry I was looking at *what* he did rather than *why* he did it.
I think it could be useful to see whether there are a finite list of different kinds of behaviour that warrants a PBC / block.One could start off with fairly rough categories e.g., being warned / PBC'd for something and then doing it again, etc.
There could be a standard explanation as to why each kind of behaviour is considered unacceptable. They could be attached to the post along with the PBC / block. Maybe this couldn't be done but I think it would be worth a try to see if it helps posters understand the civility rules better. It would also be interesting to see whether it would be even more helpful to attach a statment as to how the behaviour was considered to be an instance of that type.
There is room for subjectivity at both points.
Someone might get blocked for a kind of behaviour which one would not want to block as a general rule. Someone might disagree that their post counts as an instance of the same type.
I wonder if that would help posters understand the civility rules?
poster:alexandra_k
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