Posted by Dinah on December 27, 2010, at 9:28:01
In reply to Lou's request-gudphoardahkumuntee, posted by Lou Pilder on December 2, 2010, at 10:00:37
Perhaps it would be useful for you to make a general refresher on notifications, Dr. Bob.
As I understand it, notifications go to you and the deputies. You will handle them when you have time. This may be two hours, two days, two weeks, but hopefully not two months. What period of time should a poster wait before assuming you have forgotten? You will contact posters to tell them you have decided *not* to act on a notification, but if you do act then you don't reply.
(I think personally that I don't assume you read the notification until I've seen you being active on board. I suppose I have some notion that you read notifications before going over the board on your own. I don't include changing the picture. I suspect you don't actually need to go to Babble to change the picture?)
As I understand it, you do try to respond to notifications, although once several notifications have been made by a poster towards a single poster with no administrative action, you will not necessarily respond to each notification thereafter. But you will still read and act on those notifications when you see fit?
Do you consider it necessary to justify the fact that you decide not to act and give a rationale? Or do you just say that the notification was received and you have decided not to act?
If I remember correctly, you don't act on posts over a certain age. What is the time period after which you won't act on an old post? I actually approve of this policy. I wouldn't want to wake up one day and find that I've gotten a PBC for a post made so long ago I don't even recall what I was trying to say. And of course, civility rules change over time. My post on "I statements" is no longer completely accurate because you implemented the notification system and changed the method of reporting posts.
If you clarify the expected results of the notification system, it might be helpful to any Babble poster who uses the system.
(And as an aside, I think you might find that if you look at notifications promptly, it might be *less* work for you than if you waited. So that if you're avoiding it because it will take too much time, you're setting up a self fulfilling expectation. I'm not saying you're doing that of course, or making an assumption about your reasons. I'm just proposing an idea that might be helpful *if* you do think along those lines. Perhaps you could set up a fifteen minute appointment every day to review notifications? I find it's much easier to find time to do something once it's in my calendar.)
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