Posted by Dinah on November 24, 2009, at 14:29:35
In reply to Re: editing posts after submission, posted by Nadezda on November 24, 2009, at 10:43:41
And while I had hoped to be back as deputy long before now (although I have no idea how Dr. Bob feels about that at this point), I don't think a small number of active deputies makes this a good time to make it easier for there to be sources of hurt.
I can't imagine that people would think harder rather than less about posting something unkind if they know they can disappear it if they do it fast enough. When people are angry they do tend to act in ways they wouldn't otherwise. Myself included. But surely more often if it wasn't as visible and public as it is now. People rarely break the law in full view of newspaper reporters.
Many babblers tell me of Babblemail civility violations that wouldn't have happened on board. In fact, I think it might be a larger problem than we acknowledge. But if they could be made on board and quickly amended, would people be as reluctant to do it?
I don't think lack of admin support is an argument for this.
But I seem to be the only one who cares about this, so... whatever.
I did like my compromise though...
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