Posted by christophrejmc on February 27, 2002, at 1:33:47
Do's & Don'ts While You Are Blocked:• Do review the reasons for which you have been blocked. Some violations are included in the FAQ (http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html), others may be common sense (or, you may have been previously warned that such behaviour is unacceptable on the Babble boards). If you are still not sure why you have been blocked, you can search the archives for posts containing the phrase "Please be civil" or "Blocked for a week"; these may contain examples of similar inappropriate Babble behaviour.
• Do try to understand the feelings that led to your inappropriate post(s). Try to think of appropriate methods of getting your point across. If your posts were the result of stress or anger, try to learn ways of appropriately dealing with those feelings (sources of information include http://counseling.uchicago.edu/vpc/virtulets.html#Anger and http://counseling.uchicago.edu/vpc/virtulets.html#Stress). Remember that the length in weeks of your blockage is proportianate to the number of times you have been blocked (after a while, your record (or Dr. Bob's memory) may be nulled).
• Do use your lost Babble time to pursue other activities.
• Don't subvert your block. Don't register as another user. Doing so will result in an extra week of downtime. You and your posts are easily identifiable for many reasons (none of which I will list).
• Don't take anger you may have from being blocked out on yourself, other babblers, Dr. Bob, or Babble. Take responsibility for your actions, but don't obsess over things you cannot change. Being blocked is not a personal attack.
Comments? Additions? Corrections?
(although this is somewhat related to the administration of Babble, perhaps it should be on PSB…)
poster:christophrejmc
thread:3178
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20011216/msgs/3178.html