Posted by Dinah on January 20, 2003, at 9:30:47
In reply to Re: I just don't get it » Dinah, posted by Mitchell on January 20, 2003, at 8:36:55
Is there more going on here than meets the eye, Mitchell? Because I still don't understand.
I seem vaguely to remember reading an article by Dr. Bob, or perhaps it came up in a series of posts, in which he does acknowledge that there are other ways to enforce the policy. Including the off board ways you described. I don't recall why he decided not to use them on this board, but I don't think it can be concluded that they weren't considered.
And as I stated in my previous post, I think it's probably best that way. Can you imagine a situation where someone posts an uncivil post, the poster it was directed to read it, then Dr. Bob deleted it and admonished the first poster privately. The second poster now has good reason to be angry with the first poster, but no one has any context in which to place any future interactions between the posters. The possibilities under this or any number of other possible scenarios that involve that sort of private communication and deletion of posts are endless for the amount of trouble they can cause.
As it is, there is enough of that with private email or with participation on other online groups that creeps onto this board.
So again, I really don't understand. Dr. Bob chose this way of moderating the site. It isn't an unreasonable decision.
Is your problem with his research or his articles or his science? If I understood your objections to be with his publishing or research I think I could understand better.
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