Posted by so on May 24, 2005, at 17:47:39
In reply to don't post to me anymore requests, posted by crushedout on May 24, 2005, at 15:27:23
> When is it that we are allowed to ask a poster not to post to us anymore? I thought it was only if they were harassing us or something like that.
Wouldn't that require that we first allege harrasment? I think such an allegation is prohibited, in if so, such a precondition would tend to make use of do-not-post-to-me requests impractical within site guidelines.My understanding is the don't post to me option implies nothing more than a desire to disengage -- it doesn't even mean we don't agree with them or their beliefs. In the circumstance you cited, disengagement was the primary reason. And after a few hours, I comprimised the request by citing the particular threads that were becoming problematic for me, I suggested the person could address comments to the topic instead of to me, and changed my request to an informal request that we disengage on those threads only. In doing so, I noted that "do not post to me" is actually a request that we "do not post to each other", hence a way of controlling one's own activities as well.
So far as I can tell it was all within the rules. Admin peruses the board daily, and has apparently made the rounds twice since that time. Though his lack of commentary about someone's post that "... you must be too dumb to understand" suggests his reading in the past 48 hours might not have included every post, he did entered a comment directly in response to my do-not-post request, asking if I would like to elaborate, and thus implying he had seen it but had not found it to be a violation of any of his rules.
Perhaps this information will help clarify matters for you.
Not simply because we disagree with or don't like their beliefs -- is that not right?
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> If I am right, Dr. Bob, I don't understand why you didn't inform this poster of that rule:
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20050517/msgs/501079.html
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poster:so
thread:502302
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20050517/msgs/502384.html