Posted by Dinah on January 5, 2011, at 10:33:27
That may be what Dr. Bob is going for. He's encouraging us to remind each other of the civility guidelines. He's gone for extended periods of time, and if he reads notifications at all he doesn't act on them in a timely way. He eventually shows up and hands out admin actions. I think it would be more useful to hand those out in a timely fashion rather than wait until things have died down and then stir them up again by PBC's and blocks. It can start the unpleasantness for the incivility recipient all over again as people rush to defend the person he's PBC'd or blocked.
Perhaps that's his vision for Babble's future. A vision without poster/deputies, where all posters are essentially called on to do deputy duty themselves. But without the power to actually effect change.
I don't wish to feel the responsibility to stop a bad situation without the power to do so. Notifications certainly don't have any power. I don't know that they bring a quicker response than doing nothing does.
The negative feelings engendered by the situations get in the way of my responding positively to people needing support. All my emotional energy is tied up in the negative situations.
It's not to my taste. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it. But it's not to my taste.
Why am I suspecting that Dr. Bob's response will be "Babble can't be everything to everyone. I wish you well." which always sounds to me like "Don't let the door hit your backside on your way out."
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