Posted by Lou Pilder on December 27, 2007, at 12:02:37
In reply to Re: Lou's reply to Phoenix 1-hnrbl » Lou Pilder, posted by Phoenix1 on December 26, 2007, at 22:15:53
> Hi Lou,
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> Thanks again for the input. You have an interesting way of snipping and pasting bits of my posts. I think sometimes this may distort what I originally posted, and often makes me double check to see if it sounded as negative as you have edited it sound. But it also shows an interesting collection of what you found most relevant in the post.
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> Back to the topic. Clearly, you are against the posting limit. That's fine, I didn't know what to expect in terms of agreement/disagreement when I initially posted.
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> You also mentiond something else that is important and I forgot, which is that if someone wants email notification for a thread they have to post to it. I think this should be changed to. One should be able to subscribe to a thread without posting a message to it.
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> I still think some form of posting limit would be beneficial to Psycho-Babble. I just sense growing frustration at certain posters, and there have been a lot of civility warnings and suspensions as a result, some of which I agreed with and some of which I didn't. But I'm not Dr. Bob, and I'm not a deputy, so my opinion is somewhat irrelevant.
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> Again, thanks for the conversation. You've made a number of valid points against my suggestion, and I always appreciate some friendly debate.
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> I'm still interested to here what Dr. Bob has to say on this. He's been running the board for a long while, and I'm sure this situation/proposal has come up before. I would also be interested to here what the deputies have to say, since they are dealing with the issues I mentioned on a daily basis.
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> Thanks,
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> Phoenix1
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> PS If a 10 post a day rule were implemented, I don't think I would be able to pst this... Food for thought. (I'm not suggesting that 10 is the magic number)
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> > > Lou,
> > >
> > > If a person has compulsions or feels compelled to post sometimes non-constructively, does this give them the right to negatively affect a larger group? Does there not need to some balance between personal freedom and the well-being of the community? (In this case, Psycho-Babble)
> > >
> > > How do you achieve this balance on a medium like Psycho-Babble? Certainly, the civility rules go a long ways, and are a valuable tool.
> > >
> > > Like I say, I'm not trying to stir up trouble, I have just noticed more general discontent lately over certain posters' habits. And again, I'm not picking on any specific individual. I can think of at _least_ two that would fall into this category. Maybe I'm just oversensitive and need to learn to ignore information that is not of value to me. Maybe this is an issue that bothers other people as well, and maybe it isn't. I'm not sure.
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> > > But Lou, thanks for pointing out that compulsions may well manifest themselves in terms of posting habits. It honestly wasn't something I had considered, but it's a logical and valid point. It sort of re-frames the issue for me.
> > >
> > > The original question still remains though; is a global posting limit appropriate?
> > >
> > > Phoenix1
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> > > > > Hi Dr Bob, Psychobabblers,
> > > > >
> > > > > I used to post under a different name, but have been lurking with the occasional post for a long time.
> > > > >
> > > > > I notice that there are certain posters that seem compelled to add a response to many, many threads whether or not it contains any pertinent information whatsoever. This often causes threads to veer off topic, and is generally not very constructive. I'm not going to point fingers at any specific individuals because there seem to be more than one, and I certainly wouldn't want to single any one out and make them feel bad about their posts.
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> > > > > Have you ever thought about imposing a GLOBAL daily posting limit, where any account could not post more than X number of posts (both new threads and replies) a day? (X being a number that you choose and think is reasonable.) It would be a fairly simple feature to implement.
> > > > >
> > > > > This might keep people a little more focused, and they would think a little more about the value of the post they were contributing before submitting it. People would only contribute where they had something of specific value to add, or if they had a serious question or situation to discuss.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just a question. I don't want to ruffle any feathers, but I just see a trend that seems to be frustrating the majority of posters. Please tell me if I am off-base with this suggestion.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Phoenix
> > > >
> > > > Friends,
> > > > It is written here,[...>compelled< to add a response...causes...not..constructive...]
> > > > Some people here do have battles with compulsions. It is part of the {nature} of some members of a mental-health community.
> > > > more...
> > > > Lou
> >
> > Phoenix,
> > You wrote,[...post non-constructively...negatively affect...balance...well-being of the community...how do you...?...I'm not trying...discontent...spacific individual...need to learn...Lou, thanks for pointing out..a logical and valid point...].
> > I find no fault with one here that posts posts that do not have relevancy to the thread's subject initially. Those type of posts I think can serve a usefull purpose as being a way for the poster to have posts from that thread show on their email later. The post could show an {intent} of that member to want to be a discussant in that thread, and that the member at the time of the post has not yet formulated their contribution to the thread's subject even though there could be interest by that member. I consider the intent of the member to be constructive and honorable.
> > more...
> > LouPhoenix,
You wrote,[...Thanks again...interesting way...shows an interesting collection of what you found most relevant...I'm not Dr. Bob...thanks for the converstaion...you've made valid points...].
One question that I have concerning any rule that could have the potential to still one's voice in any community,is could you post here what good would it do for a community to still the voice of a member if the post is supportive and/or educational? If you could not post such, could you post here why not?
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:802756
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