Posted by SLS on July 7, 2013, at 18:10:46
In reply to Re: a refuge(e) board, posted by Dr. Bob on July 7, 2013, at 17:12:51
> > This might not consume that much time and energy if the moderator does not feel the need to read every post. He could rely, to a great degree, on poster notifications as the primary route to be alerted to possible uncivil behavior. He could then read the boards at his leisure to help maintain the integrity of the forums.
> 1. That's what the moderator's been doing. And it seems some posters don't feel safe enough here.1. They don't feel safe enough to notify you?
2. They don't feel safe because you don't act to moderate the the posting behaviors of people who submit posts that are explicitly uncivil, despite notifications?
> 2. The issue isn't the time and energy of the moderator. The moderator has been learning ways to cope and finding the time and energy to persevere.
1. I appreciate this.
2. I have to say, though, that you are making things much too difficult for yourself and the posting community. You can begin to relieve yourself of burden by strongly suggesting to <redacted> that he maintain civility in his posts under the auspices of the rules proscribing over-generalization and exaggeration. Other people have suggested additional proscriptions that are being violated by <redacted>. If the posting behaviors you enumerate are not modified by him, then you proceed to block him from posting. The same protocol should be used to moderate my posting and those of everyone else.
* Has it been strongly suggested to you that you not block people from posting?
Something about this whole situation seems odd to me. It is as if you were caught between a rock and a hard place.
Well, anyway... whatever.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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