Posted by Deputy Dinah on December 22, 2008, at 18:48:43
In reply to Re: Please clarify and/or rephrase » Deputy Dinah, posted by BayLeaf on December 22, 2008, at 18:23:20
It is a valid question when to let things go and when not to.
In general, we like to let things go. We'd rather people work things out. We wait and see what happens. Often people do. We weren't necessarily sure how it would work when Dr. Bob instituted the policy, but I think for the most part it's worked out fine.
On the other hand, I think sometimes it backfires.
Also it's my experience that when lots of people are feeling hurt, small things matter more than they might at other times. Things that people might shrug off when the seas are calm actually are more of a problem when arousal is already high.
Your experience might be different. But we have to make hard calls and we do our best to make them as well as we can, with the wellbeing of the board as our main goal.
I hope more than anyone that Psychology will soon be self regulating again. The board in general does a terrific job of doing without any Admin intervention at all. Perhaps because of that, Admin might wait a bit too long before intervening at times.
It's a balancing act. I used to yell at Dr. Bob as much as anyone about his actions. But now I'm under the same pressures he was under, I understand a bit better how many things have to be considered. Although I still yell at him...
My understanding is that you don't think Admin is balancing things well right now. I hope you also understand that we're doing our best, and that we have the wellbeing of all Babblers at heart.
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