Posted by itsme2003 on March 16, 2006, at 17:00:45
In reply to Re: upbeat, educational, non-punitive, kind, CIVIL, posted by Dr. Bob on March 16, 2006, at 8:58:06
Dr Bob,
In your last post was the following:
>> I HAVE BEEN ON BOARDS THAT HAVE BEEN RUINED BY HAVING THE WORD "TRIGGER" IN ALMOST EVERY POST ON THE BOARD.
>I'm curious about that. In what way were they ruined for you?
Even though I am educated, intelligent, and articulate I don't know how to answer your question without running afoul of the civility rules. I'll try to give you a terse answer that will at least give you an idea of why I felt that way.
Let's just say that it involves the tyranny of the minority, whining, creative ideas about how anything can be triggering, crying wolf, narcissism trumping content, bullying and controlling behaviors, The Princess And The Pea, some people feeling their problems are more wothy of respect than others, and warning fatigue.
If every post on the board is triggering then what possible benefit could be obtained by warning about each post.
To me, that board had descended into a dysfunctional state and was not doing a good job at its intened purpose because so much energy was wasted on a sideshow.
I see a lot of energy wasted here because of the civility rules, and I would hate to see the waste expanded by having triggering rules that invite some of the same problem areas that I have cited above.
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