Posted by caraher on April 6, 2008, at 20:06:02
In reply to Re: allowance for imperfection » Dr. Bob, posted by Sigismund on February 22, 2008, at 23:32:36
One measure of "how much imperfection" to allow is whether an alleged incivility or insensitivity does in fact disturb anyone enough to click the "Notify" button. Reporting a post is anonymous, so there should be no worry that someone offended might not report a post for fear of repercussions.
It's pretty clear that blocks and sometimes even PBC/PBS messages can be quite hard on some posters. If it isn't already the case that all PBC/PBS/blocks originate with someone reporting an offending post, perhaps it should be.
I'd also like to add that people who know me generally consider me exceptionally civil and sensitive. I haven't racked up a PBC or block yet, but I have received a few PBS reprimands, the most recent for indicating my opinion that John McCain probably would be a better president than George W. Bush. I have an extremely hard time imagining many sets of people not including Dr. Bob who would find expression of that sentiment notably "insensitive." There's probably much less ill feeling generated by dealing with genuine problems as they come up than in crafting a virtually incomprehensible set of rules in the vain hope of preventing every conceivably insensitive or uncivil post.
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