Posted by 10derHeart on November 13, 2005, at 18:06:04
In reply to crux, posted by zeugma on November 13, 2005, at 14:45:49
Hi z,
just my 2 cents (probably worth about 1/4 cent these days)...
I appreciate and read your thought-provoking posts quite often. But in this case, I don't see Dr. Bob "forbidding discussions" on Babble.
I think asking posters to follow civility rules, albeit ones that seem very strict at times, actually allows more discussion and probably saves many more posters from being blocked at all.
As for "summarily blocking" people, well, yes, he does it quickly and informally, which doesn't seem inherently bad to me, particularly in this type of online, close-to-real time forum. I mean, I wouldn't want to see a blocking process that is dragged out until it becomes useless and/or meaningless. And again, I don't notice him doing it because of the nature or substance of the discussion, but because of uncivil language or negative expressions and descriptions aimed at groups that may disagree with the poster. I realize others strongly disagree with my take on that.
I'm not saying - by a long shot - that I personally agree with each block - on politics or elsewhere. This far from the truth. Like other posters, some blocks have baffled me. Those have been addressed here in the past - exhaustively and extensively.
I'm questioning whether recent blocks are really being given all that (too?) quickly and discussions not being permitted at all. I'm just not seeing that.
peace.... 10derHeart
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