Posted by Quintal on July 20, 2008, at 10:57:25
In reply to Re: Is Babble Dying? Just me, posted by TexasChic on July 20, 2008, at 1:25:50
>As for people being ridiculed, that's deplorable. It only takes a few bad apples (or sometimes even one) to make a whole lot of people feel bad. I don't like seeing people being picked on or ridiculed, and if that's going on it needs to be addressed by the deputies and/or Bob. So maybe Bob's less prominent presence does have something to do with that.
One of the problems I've seen is that people don't stop bullying because of the civility guidelines. They either go away or learn a more subtle form of bullying that doesn't *technically* violate the civility guidelines. This has come to be known as 'flying under the radar' or 'stealth' posting, and a lot of people have got it down to an art. I find this particulalry troubling when new posters respond to a taunt with an honest, emotional outburst and get blocked. There are posts on record where an individual (who no longer posts) has admitted to doing this as a kind of sport. This might be one reason why newcomers tend not to hang around/ survive for long these days. Like fresh meat round vultures, they get picked off.
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