Posted by Dr. Bob on July 1, 2010, at 17:29:00
In reply to Re: the system here, posted by jade k on July 1, 2010, at 12:54:11
> How about a support group for Tourettes patients where they get blocked for uncontrolled utterances?
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> TophCouldn't uncontrolled utterances be disruptive?
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> You have never been blocked for 6 months or a year, right? Believe me when I say those blocks feel like forever. My longest block was 16 weeks but I've kept in touch with people who have had much longer blocks. A block of that length pulls everything they need away from them.
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> When the FB mess came up Bob didn't talk to me about it, as you are aware. He blocked me. I don't care that much about being blocked. My investment here is teensy.6 months might feel like forever, but it's not forever, and those posters might also have had only teensy investments and not cared.
> For someone to be banned at Psych Central means they have done something so horrible that they can't be dealt with any other way.
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> Anything over a month is ridiculous. ... It is a punishment that is much worse than the crime.
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> fayeroeSome "crimes" merit life sentences, and others a month, but there aren't any in between?
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> I'm really trying to help when I say this, I think many people no longer post and many new people don't come because of the seemingly loose regard for personal privacy here. Everytime I post, I have to think about where it may end up: Facebook, twitter, other active psych sites, even saved by another poster to be "leaked" onto the board again at an innapropriate time.
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> ~JadeThis is a public forum. It can't get less private than that! There are both pros and cons, and having to think about what to post is one of the cons.
Bob
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