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Posted by Lou Pilder on October 28, 2004, at 21:14:08
Dr. Hsiung,
I am requesting that you make a determination as to if the following post is acceptable or not under the guidlines of the forum.
The poster lists 11 or so people that I have requested to not post to me. He asks if there are any that are missed. He cites the feature about posters asking other posters not to post to them.
Is what is being said about me in that post in accordance with what support is? Is there a compelling reason to post such that could advance the mental health of the people here to post this list? What good could come out of such a list?
And does the poster of such list consider my feelings when he posts the list?
I feel acused and put down when I read that post. It is the option of posters here to use the feature and I had raised the question to you about this with verne when he requested that I not post to him. And he cited two posts of mine from a month ago from a board discussion. I saw nothing in my posts in that discussion that could be of something that could have someone not want me to post to him, but that was his perogative to do so, and so it be mine also.
There are 100s of posters here. Anyone can post to all the other 100s of posters. I find it difficult to understand why it would be important to anyone here that 11 people have posted things to me that I consider to be harassment to me by them and I also have 100s of other posters to be discussants with, and there are new people comming into the community all the time.
I have already asked the poster not to post to me. Could you determine if this type of posting about me,by this poster in question, that makes me feel accused and put down, can continue?
Lou Pilder
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20041027/msgs/408567.html
Posted by Mark H. on October 29, 2004, at 0:18:04
In reply to Lou's request to Dr. Hsiung, posted by Lou Pilder on October 28, 2004, at 21:14:08
Dear Dr. Bob and Fellow Babblers,
Please note that I cannot respond to questions in the post above, because Lou Pilder has requested that I not post to him. Furthermore, no one else can respond to most of those questions, because no one else is me.
To clarify my intentions for others, however, in the post cited by Lou Pilder I have provided a civil and factual response to the question posed by Scott, which is the subject line of the post in question and is the topic of the thread.
I expect to have more to say on this topic in the coming days and weeks.
Best wishes to all,
Mark H.
Posted by Jai Narayan on October 29, 2004, at 8:24:48
In reply to Re: Note to Dr. Bob and Others, posted by Mark H. on October 29, 2004, at 0:18:04
well isn't that awkward...
I thought if you were asked not to post to someone and they posted to you...that the deal was off?
Doesn't that release the person from being restricted?
Jai
Posted by Mark H. on October 29, 2004, at 12:41:21
In reply to Isn't he released if the poster posted to him?, posted by Jai Narayan on October 29, 2004, at 8:24:48
Dear Jai,
Thank you for your note. By definition, Lou did not post to me.
Dr. Bob’s guidelines state the following:
“If you post to them, it's OK for them to post to you in response. Your request stays in effect unless you change your mind, which you may do at any time (and are encouraged to do at some time to reopen lines of communication).
Posting to someone means directing either the subject line or the body of a post to them.
Replying to posts by someone isn't necessarily posting to them.”
I hope that Lou decides to reopen lines of communication with all of us, but that is up to him.
Best wishes,
Mark H.
Posted by Larry Hoover on October 29, 2004, at 13:08:52
In reply to Lou's request to Dr. Hsiung, posted by Lou Pilder on October 28, 2004, at 21:14:08
Lou, the post in question is about you, but not to you. There is an explicit reference to that distinction in the FAQ.
Mark's post was factual, and I could not see anything that could be taken as, or imply, a putdown.
I'm sorry you felt the way you did upon reading it, but I would like you to consider the possible reasons why you might have felt that way. Are you comfortable with having a number of people not able to post to you? That's where my intuition draws me.
Lar
Posted by Dr. Bob on October 30, 2004, at 6:56:19
In reply to Lou's request to Dr. Hsiung, posted by Lou Pilder on October 28, 2004, at 21:14:08
> I am requesting that you make a determination as to if the following post is acceptable or not under the guidlines of the forum.
I think it's acceptable.
Bob
This is the end of the thread.
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