Posted by Dinah on March 11, 2008, at 12:05:57
In reply to thank you dinah, posted by muffled on March 11, 2008, at 9:54:41
> *Hmmmm, you guys did kinda get sucked in, and maybe this administrative change is supposed to or even will eventually help with this.
I think that the deputies became deputies and tolerate the stress involved because we feel passionately about civility. I don't want to speak for anyone else of course, but that's my sense. I can't see that the benefit would necessarily be to deputies.
I have reservations about it on a lot of counts.
I worry that notifications may not be made on incivility towards posters that people are annoyed with or even justifiably angry with. I worry that well liked posters won't often be reported while posters who are less popular might be reported quite frequently.
I worry that the civility standards of the site will become quite a bit more lax. I know a lot of posters will like that part.
I worry that posters who are pbc'd or blocked will realize that it's because someone turned them in, and all the anger now reserved for admin will be turned instead to fellow posters. I worry that this won't lead to a more supportive site. Dr. Bob's original article on the best of both worlds kind of discussed this, and I think he was right at that time.
It's not that I don't have as much faith in Babblers as Dr. Bob evidently does. I just see areas for concern.
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