Posted by Dr. Bob on February 25, 2007, at 16:25:52
In reply to Re: a mandatory civility buddy » Dr. Bob, posted by MidnightBlue on February 6, 2007, at 16:54:42
> one person [the buddy] would have no spontaneity or expression value in a post-- but would be blocked ... if they weren't quite self-protective against the potential interest of someone [the blocked poster] who did have spontaneity or self-expression interests in posting the thing.
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> That seemed to me like a very problematic conflict of interest for the mandatory civility buddy.
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> HonoreThe buddy might be unlikely to approve a post that wasn't clearly civil, that's true. So during that time, the blocked poster might not be able to post as much as if they were posting directly. But that might still be better than being blocked. And if the buddy were too strict, they could try to find another buddy...
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> > At any given time, how many people are blocked?
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> You don't know that? Don't you keep records? Wouldn't you WANT to know that? Isn't it important to know that?
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> MidnightBlueNo, I don't know that. I do keep records, but not records of that. As sunnydays said, do YOU think it's important?
Bob
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