Posted by so on June 11, 2005, at 18:24:26
In reply to Another suggestion, more serious this time, posted by Racer on June 11, 2005, at 14:51:55
If anonymity can improve the proposed reporting protocol, why not arrange a method where the reporting party also can remain anonymous? That could serve to prevent monitors from knowing if they are responding to the reports of a friend or to reports of someone who they might not consider a "Very Important Poster".
And for that matter, aggregated data about the sort of requests submitted anonymously could be reported back to the group -- such as the total number of requests for review, and under which category they were submitted. That could allow members an opportunity to contemplate what sorts of posts might be the most troublesome and possibly even avoid writing posts that might encroach on those troublesome areads.
But all the same, to not allow members to post even general requests for clarification seems contrary to civic understanding intended in the administrator's policy of publicly sanctioning members so others will understand the reason for the sanction. For example, I would tend to support a private reporting method about particular posts if I were allowed to post on the administrative board general questions about when posters are allowed to call a government policy "hypocritical" and "pathetic". If admin replied "never" I would support a policy that first encourages private attempts to resolve matters that appear to conflict with the stated policy, but which then allow posts questioning the consistency of administration (and not the propriety of a particular post, but perhaps citing the content of particular posts as examples) to be published at this admin board.
However, if the administration is torn between a policy of favoring those he has called in professional publications "very important posters" and establishing policies that are fair and consistent no matter the status of a group member, there may be no technical means of resolving conflict between fair administation and what is a purely personal and subjective value judgement.
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