Posted by HyperFocus on July 14, 2009, at 0:39:57
In reply to Re: people cussed you » Dr. Bob, posted by rskontos on July 11, 2009, at 12:14:03
>Thanks so much for understanding, rsk. In the past, I have posted a lot of quite personal things here, and loss of privacy is really a worry to me. Needless to say, I won't be doing that anymore in the future. It just seems odd to me that Bob, who as a psychiatrist is presumably very well educated about privacy issues, has demonstrated so little understanding of how important privacy is for us- both for our emotional safety and well-being, and, in some instances, for our jobs. I personally think it would be much more professional if posters were given the choice of "opting-in" to Twitter.
There is nothing in the above post that is uncivil. Twinleaf was saying that choosing to twitter posts means you do not have an understanding of how important privacy is for posters. That is not uncivil. That is civil criticism.
You blocked twinleaf for 20 weeks without warrant and without warning. You did not give her a PBC or a chance to rephrase. You did not even give other posters a chance to help her with whatever she is supposed to have said. You chose to change your blocking policy without warning - is that really fair? The worst thing is that you blocked her this away after she has written how much these long blocks hurt her.
Posters have to agree to terms of service here. You also have a contract with us in that you do not punish posters for no reason. If you can't follow this then you should include in your TOS something like "posters agree I have the power to block them for months without warning and without reason."
Nobody on PB is perfect, far from it. We all make mistakes and you have made a very grave one. I'm asking that you do the right thing and unblock twinleaf and apologize to her.
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