Posted by Meri-Tuuli on June 29, 2007, at 15:22:43
In reply to Re: separate deputy posting names » Honore, posted by confuzyq on June 25, 2007, at 10:46:05
The thing is, perhaps deputies like to be known as deputies on this board....simply because it gives them more power and status somehow? I mean, I was quite surprised that, for example, Dinah didn't like the idea that deputies become 'nameless'.
I personally feel it would enable them to do their job better -- I mean, for example, if you're a close babble buddy with a poster, I can't help but feel that somehow you might be either more lenient or more harsh if you then have to give them an uncivil warning or something. Surely, then, it would be better that you were anon, so that these posting decisions didn't affect any relationships with posters you might have? At any rate, wouldn't it make life easier?
So I have come to the conclusion (rightly or wrongly) that deputies like to be known, simply because they enjoy more status and power that way.
If I were a deputy, I would want to be anonymous, so that my deputy decisions would not interfere with my personal posts etc. I think it would also help people who are blocked etc not take it so peronally or hurtfully -- its less hurtful when you don't know or have personal ties with the punisher. Its easier to take the punishment, somehow.
Anyway I know that I would much prefer babble to be run that way!
Its like the teacher who tries to be cool and be friends with his/her students - it just never works, simply because one has much more power over the other. Perhaps.
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