Posted by Dr. Bob on September 14, 2006, at 10:07:08
In reply to Re: desire to disengage » Dr. Bob, posted by alexandra_k on September 14, 2006, at 8:43:30
> Dr. Bob, that is not past practice AT ALL.
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> You have told people that the harassment rule has been lifted.
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> And in the past, people have asked not to be posted to, other posters have been blocked for not obeying, and no one has had to prove harassment at all.
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> How could it be mutual unless both parties simultaneously posted a DNP? If there's tension building between two posters, even if one poster is perhaps unaware of it, you have in the past upheld DNP's.
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> DinahSorry about not remembering. If someone could provide the URLs, I'd be interested in reviewing those situations and my thinking then.
Harassment hasn't needed to be "proven":
> > If it's not clear to me why their post makes [might make] you feel harassed, I may ask.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#harassed
There could in fact be simultaneous DNPs...
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> > If just one party wants to disengage, would it help if they could post a DNP to themselves?
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> so if i wanted to disengage from posting responses to poster x then i could publicly commit myself to not responding to them by posting 'i request that i dnp to x'?Right, that's what I was thinking...
> how is this different from people requesting they be blocked from babble?
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> alexandra_kIt would be specific to poster x.
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> I should think that it would be desirable to alert the recipient of the DNP request by addressing the post to him.
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> ScottI agree. Currently, the procedure is:
> > Ask them not to post to you anymore by replying to that post with the "add name of previous poster" box checked.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#harassed
FYI, an overhaul of this system is also on my to-do list. The idea will be to standardize and centralize requests by having them posted by the server to a single thread here, to notify the other person by email, and to require them to acknowledge receipt.
I've also been thinking Please Don't Post would be preferable to Do Not Post. Maybe we could start with that change now?
Bob
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