Posted by Dinah on September 14, 2006, at 14:35:56
In reply to Re: some merging of the two worlds, posted by llrrrpp on September 14, 2006, at 13:21:23
I must confess that I was concentrating more on my selfish personal concerns of wanting to be part of Babble rather than part of Admin. And my personal conviction that, popular majority opinion to the contrary, I'm more of a windmill tilter and gadfly than part of the authoritarian structure.
But I see the concerns of two relative newcomers, about the amount of moderation on the boards.
I certainly don't read every post, except maybe on Admin and usually on Psych. And I suppose I tend to have a hands off style in general. If two people can work it out, or if a poster to poster reminder will do, I'm all for that.
In some respects, Dr. Bob's schedule allowed for some of that. I don't know if posters would actually like hands on moderators who see the board more often than Dr. Bob.
Plus the civility rules aren't actually designed to prevent conflict of any sort, and Dr. Bob's never been inclined to interpret them in such a way as to avoid conflict of any sort. Plenty of conflict can and does go on well within the civility rules. And I'm not talking about sniping either, although that certainly is not unheard of in any assembled group of people. Arguments can be loud and long as long as they stay civil.
Maybe it's just me, but I like that about Babble. :)
I think Dr. Bob's plan is to rely more on poster reporting, which would mean tattling to some people, and people in general seem averse to tattling. You think that's an insufficient method? Do you think the deputies need to start reading all the posts? (ugh)
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