Posted by Dr. Bob on December 4, 2010, at 3:19:49
In reply to Re: There's anxiety about this place dying. » alexandra_k, posted by SLS on November 29, 2010, at 18:28:26
> > A lot of the activity here gets focused on my use of power. Maybe it makes some of you feel the way you did when you were a child.
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> Scott spoke clearly in I statements. I feel the rephrasing to 'some of you feel the way' dilutes and even perhaps distorts the author's original intent: his feeling and experience as a long time forum member. I experience this response as fairly routine and impersonal, in addition to unhelpful. I myself am not impelled to deeper personal examination by this queru.
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> fbI thought of that not as rephrasing, but as extending, what Scott said. I leave it to each poster to decide for themselves whether deeper personal examination is warranted.
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> I owe a great deal to this site and I feel protective towards it. It's the only place I can come to to ask questions about meds and mental illness and try to help others. If this site blocked search engines from finding posts then I probably wouldn't have found it. So if some teenager is out there battling bullying and social phobia and depression and sees a PB post on Twitter on Facebook or whatever, then to me that's worth whatever privacy I give up here (which in 2010 isn't that much.) If somebody vulnerable comes here and sees that going after posters is not tolerated at all and decides to stick around, then that's worth whatever restrictions on free speech we have.
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> The only thing I would like to see change is this infinite jeopardy system of blocking where minor infractions can lead to long blocks.
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> hyperfocusRemember, a block can be the result of a minor infraction, but if it's long, that's the result of a long pattern of uncivil posts.
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> Dr Bob, I think many posters would love to help open a window
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> fbThat would be great, here's one:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20101014/msgs/971688.html
> Posts critical of your moderation can still be composed in a manner that conforms to your rules of civil communication.
Exactly, despite all the constraints here, people (and not just you) can still express themselves.
> It seems to me that the time and energy being expended by many of the members of the community who are vocal in their disapproval of the current moderation paradigm demonstrates the great value these people place on the health of this website.
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> - ScottThat's a great point, we all value Babble. Let's try to work together to make it healthier.
Bob
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