Posted by Dr. Bob on December 17, 2009, at 11:43:48
In reply to Re: Dr. Bob, posted by muffled on November 9, 2009, at 20:30:41
> I don't think it is about the buttons, per se, but the way they were implemented.
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> If he had notified posters of his idea, let us hash it out, understand it, come up with the Opt Out option, etc. - SO much stress and hurt could have been avoided.
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> I've yet to see him say that he won't implement changes in the future w/o notifying posters ahead of time. Perhaps he did and I missed it?
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> Bay> I have to say though, all the complaints about it being 'dead' makes it kind of intimidating to post. ... I don't know if this makes sense, but all I'm saying is a friendlier vibe just might attract more posters.
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> -TexasChic> The only way for it to stop being dead is for those who feel comfortable to post.
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> If enough people feel able to start posts, maybe enough people will feel able to reply and trust may slowly be rebuilt. If nothing happens to shake it.
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> Dinah> yes, if your comfortable having your posts forever archived( and fully googlable) available to anyone, then post.
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> If your all right with a website that banishes others for chunks of time ... then go ahead and post.
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> If you like an adminstration that comes and goes on a whim(sometimes mysteriously dissapearing for months at a time), then post here.
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> If your into being on a very wide open, easily searchable, not very private, ever changing 'community' where to be safe, communications need to be pretty darn careful, then go ahead and post.
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> I am not good at allowing people very close. I did so here. And they were so kind to me. I was safe with the community, but not with Bob, so I had to leave.
> Now I see people falling into the same repetative pattern as I was in. Of SO wishing to be able to trust Bob, to be so hoping that THIS time it would be different....but it never was, and STILL ISN'T.
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> he doesn't even follow the basic rules(what Deneb found) about how to take care of your community.
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> muffledI did move ahead without enough discussion, and I apologize for that. I'm committed to discussing changes in advance, and usually do (and am regarding editing after submission), but I can't promise I won't slip up again.
I agree with TexasChic, a more positive vibe would attract more posters. But I also agree with Dinah and muffled, posters need to feel comfortable with, or at least accept, how things work here.
Speaking of disappearing, one of those guidelines for community managers was:
> Put yourself in the shoes of your members. Would you want to return tomorrow?
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20090813/msgs/922618.html
You all may wish for things to be different and sometimes have to leave. Maybe I've been in those shoes, too.
Bob
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