Posted by Dr. Bob on August 10, 2006, at 10:30:52
In reply to Re: objection rules, posted by Jost on August 9, 2006, at 16:54:16
> As I said somewhere, I don't understand the utility of this rule, except if Bob is overwhelmed with objections in his private email.
There's that, not wanting to be overwhelmed, but I think it could also help keep our focus on support...
> I could understand ... if there seems to be some sort of personal issue, to asking people not to object for a while, and to give it more thought.
Maybe people will give them more thought because there's a limit?
> Or let's say that the poster"s comments are close to the line, but Bob wants to be more rather than less accepting. Let's say that for some reason, Bob later realizes the person has been using the suppression of objections to be just-so close to the line, but not over. He begins to regret his leniency.
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> Yet for all this time, everyone who's objected more than three times has been estopped from asking about Bob's judgment.Those particular posters would be, but others could still object...
> This can impose costs on many people who might want to join in on threads where this poster is active, to interact with those other than the one poster.
Costs because that poster would be posting uncivilly? Maybe, but part of the idea is that if we haven't acted on 3 objections, there's a reasonable chance we wouldn't on additional ones, either.
Thanks for your input, and let me know if you have any other questions,
Bob
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