Posted by Dinah on July 5, 2013, at 8:20:06
In reply to resentment, posted by alexandra_k on July 4, 2013, at 22:35:27
> but, no. he should clearly be spending... what? hours? going through all the 'read this and that and the next post and determine civility'. because it is all about the rules and not at all about individual posters just worrying about their own conduct. oh yes, sir-ee.
I don't usually feel resentment. But I think I'm feeling it right now.
I don't think anyone is asking Dr. Bob to waste hours of his precious time in involvement in his own website. Certainly not nearly as much time as deputies gave freely. With today's level of posting, and the current makeup of posters, it wouldn't take him all that much time. People are just asking him to make a minimal investment of time to address an ongoing situation.
It's just dandy to worry about our own behavior. But tell me, Alex, do you just worry about your own behavior when people are being hurt by the behavior of others? If someone is going around hurting other people, do you just worry about your own behavior?
People have been trying to mitigate the behavior of Lou for far more hours than Bob would need to invest. And when people see newcomers having panic attacks over Lou's posts, people want to see that stopped.
I'm pleased to see that you are now solidly behind Bob. I don't swing to such extremes. I never was against him, and I'm also not fervently pro-Bob to such a degree that I'll support his behavior when I think it is wrong. Or perhaps you are now pro-Bob because he's doing what you always thought he should. In which case, I'll point out that we have a right to be take him to task when we disagree. I was never in favor of an unmoderated Babble and I never will be. Or perhaps since you don't read Meds much, if I understand you correctly, you don't have a sense of what's happening.
But yes, I'd have likely shut down Babble years ago too. And I do appreciate that Bob hasn't.
It's just that that doesn't absolve him from taking responsibility for the site.
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