Posted by Dr. Bob on July 9, 2005, at 1:25:34
In reply to Re: Larry Hover's Block, posted by AuntieMel on July 8, 2005, at 12:23:40
> The first one was an unofficial post from Dinah - not acting as deputy, trying to sort out what the rule was. If you read it, you can see that it wasn't worded as "This is how it works now', but had a lot of 'i think' and 'i remember' and 'just a vague recollection' and so-on. Vague. Hardly what I would call a clarification.
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> > > > I don't think Dr. Bob has required harassment to be present to uphold the do not post requirement. The only thing I remember him saying is that you can't DNP in response to a post that was to someone else entirely and didn't affect you, and I'm not even sure of that. It's just a vague recollection.
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> > > > He seems to be allowing and upholding DNP requests in a broad range of circumstances.
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> > > > Just fyi, and Dr. Bob will correct me (I'm sure) if I'm wrong.True, she didn't say she was posting as a deputy. But IMO, she still did add clarity. And I didn't correct anything.
> this post was the post of a person in pain trying to explain himself. The vast majority was to a general audience about the points in her post. Was he just supposed to not respond at all? Crawl into a corner?
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> > > http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20050530/msgs/511944.htmlThe vast majority was fine. And not responding isn't necessarily crawling into a corner.
> > the post that led to my blocking him (and that Dinah had responded to with her second post).
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> Exactly. Dinah responded to that one in an official mannerHmm, if someone posts through a DNP once, do you think I should remind them of the DNP or block them? If it's an uncivil post, I remind them, but with this issue, my feeling has been "no" means "no", not "only one more time".
> I doubt he comes back, from what I'm hearing. And I can't say that I blame him.
I wouldn't blame him, either, but it would be a loss for the community. And if he does return, is there some way to try to keep this from happening again?
> This whole thing has got me so ticked off - but if I say more right now, I'll get blocked. I prefer to leave under my own steam, thank you.
I'm sorry this has also been hard for others. I value them, too, and hope they don't leave, either!
Bob
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