Posted by Dinah on December 6, 2008, at 16:25:59
In reply to Re: reasonableness » Dinah, posted by fayeroe on December 6, 2008, at 16:04:12
> Not much has been said of notification buttons here. I notified adm three times when I thought things were way out of hand. I didn't hear nor could I see that the style had changed.
As I said, we had been asking Dr. Bob to be more hands on on that board. All along, and ever since he started spending less time here. This did not appear to work, so we have since tried to get a lot of input from him. All that takes time.
> When the notification button is pushed, do you people talk to the "offender" in the thread?
> I realize that frequently the "offendee" can be off mark and I think the policy is to answer when there is no "incivilty" involved..Am I correct on that ?You are correct, but it takes a while, particularly on Politics, as I explained. Sometimes by the time we have our answer, there has been resolution of a sort on board.
All administrative sanctions take place on board.
> I hope we can go back to the way we handled things and people can move on and understand how the board has tradionally run.
The thing is, that since Dr. Bob has made himself scarce, that board had not been run as it traditionally had been run when Dr. Bob was there. During the period of his absence, and before the deputies made a concerted effort, because of board events, to gain a better understanding of that board's administration, administration has admittedly been lax.
> I can remember only one other person (not counting me) who was blocked for derogatory statements that upset several posters. And that has been in 6 years here.
I think the change has only been in the time when Dr. Bob's time on the board has been reduced.
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> When we asked for "a little more administration and a lot less aggravation" speaking for myself only, that didn't mean heavy handed " supervision. And as Dinah said there will be learning period, as there should be. I believe that the Politics board is very different from other forums. Thin skin doesn't work on the board.The problem is that it may be less a question of thickness of skin, and more an issue of the wideness of the diversity of opinions expressed. Similarity of viewpoints may lead to peace, but it's not in keeping with the board policies to encourage it.
> Perhaps a much stronger header should be on that page so that posters know immediately what the rules are there. ANd how different the board is from say, medications.
As Dr. Bob envisions it, as far as I can tell, it's not that different from Medications.
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