Posted by jane d on July 21, 2013, at 1:19:24
In reply to Re: anxiety about Babble and me » jane d, posted by SLS on July 19, 2013, at 7:27:53
> It is not so much a competition of egos as it is a battle to keep Psycho-Babble inviting and relevant.
I don't think a battle of any kind does that.
> I am more interested in reducing pain. Yes, it does pain me when people have panic attacks as the direct result of Lou Pilder's posts of falsehoods and hyperbole.So if they have a panic attack on reading something you think is true that's ok? There's a problem with judging things by people's emotional response to them since we all respond to different things.
>It also pains me to ponder the possibility that posting activity has dropped off significantly as Lou Pilder has been allowed to post exaggerations, over-generalizations, and accusations to a greater degree and frequency.
>I think here Lou is being made the classical scapegoat. The internet has changed over the years. I've seen posting drop off in any number of forums with all different forms of moderation. I remember the excitement I felt when I discovered babble. I think it was largely because I'd never seen anything at all like it before. But I don't think it's possible for anyone to feel that way about babble now even though I wish they could. Even if they are new here they aren't new to the internet and the idea of having information and human contact at their fingertips.
> > and that may force you to take positions it could be hard to retreat from.
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> This is a good point. I try to acknowledge my mistakes and apologize for them when applicable. I'm not always successful.You do well at it.
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> What do you think of Lou Pilder's posts?
>It really shouldn't matter what I personally think of Lou's posts. As it happens he is one of several people who's posts I rarely read. I have decided that they are unlikely to contain any information of interest to me and they annoy me so I tend to skip them. I also think that everybody else should be able to choose for themselves whether to read or not read them. I do believe that even new posters here are sophisticated enough to understand where Lou is coming from - he's very upfront about it. They will seek out other points of view if that is what they want. Those views are already well represented all over this board.
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