Posted by llurpsienoodle on March 31, 2008, at 8:41:57
In reply to Dr. Bob, question about chat... sucide triggers, posted by Happyflower on March 30, 2008, at 21:40:06
Hi HF,
Of course we'd care if you dropped off the face of this earth, and you know that there are many more people in real life that would be deeply impacted.There are many reasons why I chat and none of them has to do with hurting anybody else.
Being excluded and feeling excluded are somewhat different concepts. They are not perfectly correlated.
Similarly, being punished and feeling punished is different. I feel that blocks are a necessary evil to protect this sensitive community from incivilities. Does this mean that blocked posters deserve less support? Of course not.
Having said that, there are reasons why I would wish to have the option to chat without blocked posters present. If a post was "uncivil towards a particular person" [did I get the terminology correct? too lazy to look in archives...] then the "particular person" shouldn't feel that s/he must be wary of running into the blocked poster while chatting. Can you see how this might make someone feel insecure?
Should blocked posters be allowed to chat at all? If not, then the two rooms issue would be a non-issue.
I'm sorry you felt excluded. Take good care of yourself, because you ARE a good person.
-Ll
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