Posted by Deputy 10derheart on July 4, 2007, at 17:49:04
In reply to Re: Blocked for 1 week » Deputy Racer, posted by polarbear206 on July 4, 2007, at 17:46:24
> Maximus meant no harm.
I am sure he didn't. I'm confident I can speak for Racer, too, in that she didn't issue the warning because of any bad intentions - but instead, to educate on Babble guidelines.
Regardless of a poster's actual (or presumed) intent (which we just can't know with any certainty) the civility guidelines in this area call for certain phrasing, for the good of community as a whole.
> We all are aware that this happens to a majority of people taking these drugs...<
Hmmm...maybe this is another example of what Racer was highlighting? Can you actually know what we *all* are aware of? And can we be aware "this happens to a majority of people?" Unless you have some concrete evidence to support this as a fact...?
Dr. Bob asks us to avoid generalizations, so could you have said something like, "It seems from my experience here and IRL, that most people I know who've taken an SSRI report [fill in whatever side effect]..?" Or whatever is true *for you* without phrasing it as a fact?
> He was venting his personal experience.
Right, and that's exactly what is okay to post, but it wasn't worded that way...it's best to use "I" type statements and describe *your* symptoms and what *you* believe is causing them...
> I think you are being too hard on him
I'm sorry if sometimes our actions come across that way. I can assure you the bottom line intent from all the deputies is to help everyone follow the guidelines.
> and the other post he commented on to me was not meant that way either.
As I said, we can't really know intent, so we try very hard to keep that out of the picture. I was the deputy who gave the PBS, and it was because of a phrase that, IMO, could reasonably have caused the poster it was written about to feel accused or put down, not because I thought Maximus *meant* to do that.
> Maximus is always considerate and helpful to others and his contributions to babble surely outweigh any presumed negativity on his part.
Thanks for writing that about Maximus :-) Again I assure you the deputies aren't presuming any negativity on his part.
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