Posted by spoc on April 15, 2004, at 2:00:50
In reply to Re: please be civil ..Emmy+ » shar, posted by EmmyS on April 14, 2004, at 20:38:07
> Funny you metioned that. I was thinking the other day that we can say just awful things here about ourselves. We see people all the time call themselves horrible things; ugly, vile, evil nasty things. Wouldn't it be nice if we all had a tiny little Dr. B installed in our brains so we would automatically issue our *own* PBC's to ourselves? :-)> > Emmy - being civil to herself!
----And isn't this the essence of PB as research; that similar to civil thoughts about ourselves in our minds, positive things will occur and stay in place for a message board if it enforces civility? That a better quality of give, take, accuracy, self-policing and auto-correction of information will be facilitated; but will not have to be actively moderated; if conservative politeness conventions prevent anything from ever spinning out of control?
Some people say it's "not healthy," and what I'm writing isn't from the perspective of however I feel about this whatsoever. It's just philosophizing. So from that angle, maybe the hypothesis is that the "healthy" part is a continued accuracy of information; reliable gentleness of support; and "safety" of opening up about problems. Yet all self-perpetuating without much supervision. Some might call that healthy, others might want to call it a Stepford Message Board? ;- )
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