Posted by desolationrower on April 4, 2009, at 19:41:37
In reply to Blocks, posted by verne on April 3, 2009, at 3:13:38
I understand the idea of making an environment that is comfortable for people with more fragile than average egos. But the current rule system i don't think is optimal for working with how people actually interact, espcially since PB also has people who exists in perpetual unpleasant mood states, are especially impulsive, paranoid, used to not being heard or interpreted charitably, etc., and banning them sucks for the person banned.
-PRINCIPLE: less 'civility warning' for honest disagreement, keep it focused to personal disagreements. in policing online fora, CLEAR rules are bad. they need to be enforced with judgement.
-PRINCIPLE: punishment needs to be swift and certain for it to be useful. being blocked 20hours later is a long time off, and harsh and not particularly productive since during 100% of the ban time, the person has cooled off, and can't post about things unrelated.
-NEW RULE: duputy can tell people who specifically do not get along well to not address each other (but not a ban on posting in teh same threads, especially if the are talking about something pharmaceutical and not jsut each other)
-NEW RULE: better than 'banning' (the goal is to protect vulnerable, not punish the wicked or 'fix' their cruel natures, right?): let deputy 'edit' the offending post to remove personal hostility, and replace with extra politeness. save the bans for bigger cases.
-NEW: perhaps it would help if there were more jr. deputies, would could edit posts to ensure hostile posts are quickly edited, even if they weren't able to ban?
-GOAL: since what the person wants is to express themself, ban doesn't really work well. knowing their communication will have hostility removed, people might self-censor a bit more when they see something that makes them angry.
-also, more focus on keeping posters who don't get on well with each other from posting hostilities to each other, not on hostilities in general. focus on the relationhips, not the posts themselves. I think people are more likely to take seriously if they are told they are being a jerk to someone, than if they are told they are are breaking 'politeness etiquette.' but that requires change in emphasis.
-d/r
poster:desolationrower
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