Posted by gardenergirl on December 27, 2007, at 8:47:04
In reply to Re: blocked for week, posted by seldomseen on December 27, 2007, at 5:36:20
It has been my experience, both while as a deputy here and as a community member, that there are times when Dr. Bob sanctions someone for a post that is not the post or issue from that poster that has caused the most recent consternation and/or notifications. More than once I have been aware of discussions about a post that seems to be actionable, but for any number of reasons is something that is deferred to Dr. Bob. When Dr. Bob later acts, I've noticed that he has often selected something different from that poster to PBC or block about. And I've often felt perplexed at why he chose to do that versus using the post or posts which were the original upsetting ones, and/or the ones originally notified about. Though I have no idea why it has worked out like this on more than one occasion, it's almost as if Dr. Bob goes in search of something else actionable by that poster, perhaps in order to avoid the other issue, which might be more polarizing, controversial, strongly upsetting but "on the line" of civility, etc. That something else he finds has sometimes felt rather "lame" to me as far as being actionable--a stretch. Perhaps this particular blocking appears similarly confusing or "lame" to others as the prior incidents I've tried to describe have?
Only Dr. Bob could tell us his thought processes when issuing PBC's and blocks. What I've written about here is just the thoughts that I had based on what has caught my eye in the past. It's speculation. Hypothesizing. I could be totally way off base.
Anywhoo...for some reason I was reminded of those thoughts by this issue.
Regards,
gg
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