Posted by Atticus on August 31, 2004, at 11:20:16
In reply to Re: The real world vs. the uncivilised world » partlycloudy, posted by JenStar on August 31, 2004, at 10:16:29
Well, here's my take on it, for what it's worth. I think the guiding social "norm" on Babble is compassion. All you have to do is scroll down Social or any of the other boards and you'll see an outpouring of it in post after post. Sadly, that's no longer true in much of the non-Babble world. But I think Babblers who are here for any length of time begin to internalize what the expected social norms are here. That's why you get people posting like mad when someone seems especially down or even suicidal. I think that some people tried to apply this virtual community's standards and bring the "curser" into the fold. But he/she was just too filled with rage to listen, it seemed. Everyone who tried to say, "That's not how we behave here (or at least try to behave here)" just ended up getting flamed. So Dr. Bob had to put him in our version of "time out" to cool off. It might be a matter of this person simply not understanding how interactions around here work; or, conversely, as you said, he/she just might be a mean person who's not able or willing to address and discuss why he/she came at everyone that way, or to examine the roots of such meanness. Guess we'll find out in a week if the "curser" returns, huh? Atticus
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