Posted by europerep on January 10, 2011, at 13:49:08
In reply to Re: I'm sorry Phillipa if you are feeling put down or » europerep, posted by SLS on January 10, 2011, at 13:12:22
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> Huh? Isn't that the type of verbiage that leads to adversarial posturing and drama? Uhhh, yeah..
>Personally, I don't think so. I could have said "I strongly disagree", if that makes any difference...
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> Aren't we all visitors?
>It depends on everyone's own perception of course, but I do think there are "members" and "visitors"...
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> Who is it up to?
>I would say, members.
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> Nor does it surprise me. Some people saw the inevitability of the demise of Psycho-Babble once its owner devised a set of mechanisms to judge and punish people during the advent of this change in dynamics.
>I could imagine that these people are right, but it's not just "the rules", or "the system", but also how individuals behave within it.
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> Is it a good thing to call people out on misbehavior? What exactly would constitute the misbehavior that is currently being discussed? Who is to judge a person to be guilty of misbehavior? What happens to someone who is called out on misbehavior who has not misbehaved?
>I *knew* that that would be the answer. Does this forum really want to reinvent the wheel and put up an own social code of morally acceptable behavior?
Wherever there is misbehavior, there must be proof of course. That goes without saying I think.
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> I guess the size of the problem is in the mind of the sufferer. I think your way would hurt people by belittling their feelings and judging who should be called out on any given event or issue.
>Well, someone has to be the judge, and that's usually what moderators are for. If they are too harsh, complaints will accumulate and will give the administrator opportunity to think about whether a moderator is judging too severely.
I just don't see the point in this haggling over the tiniest definitions, conceptions, whatever.
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