Posted by ClearSkies on November 6, 2006, at 13:52:01
In reply to Re: a way for there to be less hurt » Dr. Bob, posted by muffled on November 6, 2006, at 12:35:56
Muffled, when I see that a poster is blocked, I keep in mind that the blocks don't come out of the blue - that folks are asked to be civil. If someone is uncivil again, then there's the block. It isn't as if we aren't given the chance to think about what we post. The requests to be civil are the reminder to a poster that as upset/angry/hurt/confused they might be, they still have to abide by Dr Bob's rules of the site.
BTW, I think it would supportive for the community as a whole to have the previous requests to be civil linked in the blocking post. It seems to me that part of the anger I see here when blocks happen is not knowing where the preliminary warnings were (not always on the same thread or the same board).
Yes, blocks do hurt the posters who are blocked. And people who are blocked are asked to be civil first. To me, if someone is uncivil again, then they are doing so with the knowledge that they might (ok, probably) be blocked. How can we say that someone else is hurting us when we do the hurting to ourselves?
Perhaps it is that the significance of requests to be civil isn't understood clearly enough. Maybe PBC's could be given with the caveat clearly stated that further incivilities might (will) result in a block. Would such a fair warning help, do you think?
ClearSkies
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