Posted by alexandra_k on May 24, 2005, at 21:08:06
In reply to Re: don't post to me anymore requests, posted by so on May 24, 2005, at 17:47:39
Of the 'do not post to me'.
> 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.
You are allowed to say which bits of their posts you felt harrassed by...
That doesn't imply that they were harrassing you...
> 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.
Ah. I typically show disengagement by not responding. Or posting something saying 'I don't think I will be responding anymore'.
>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,
Right... I'm a little unclear on that. Was it every thread aside from the current one (where you were hoping that I would 'back' your 'cause'?)
>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.
Right. You really can feel free not to respond to me, you know. In fact... I like to think that people will do this if I annoy them. Reinforce the threads you like, ignore the threads you don't; and lets just see what sort of posts Babble can shape out of me :-)
> 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,Yes... I was a little puzzled by that...
Though, on rereading the post in question...He wasn't accusing you of being dumb...
He was saying that the tone of your post to me seemed to imply that you thought that I was dumb.
I will be interested to see the civility determination on that one, myself...>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.
I thought he was attempting to get you to have a think and sort out how much you were responding to me and how much you were responding to your past demons in considering me to be 'authoritarian'...
Please clarify the extent of the: do not post to me request.
I have been PBC'd before for posting to someone after they have made that request to me and I know I will get blocked if I do that again.
But I am unclear on the scope of the request.
Ta.
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thread:502302
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