Posted by Dr. Bob on September 6, 2007, at 2:03:31
In reply to Re: helping posters better understand » Dr. Bob, posted by muffled on August 23, 2007, at 23:38:24
> > It would be great to help posters better understand what's happening to them (and keep it from happening to them again). One way to do that might be to offer to be their "civility buddy" and preview their posts before they submit them?
>
> I feel nervous personally about the prospect of being responsible for anothers posts. What if they got blocked???????????
> Or a PBC and then they get mad at me?That's a good question. What I meant above was offering feedback that they would be free to accept or not. If they did end up getting a PBC, or being blocked, I'd hope they'd remember that you tried to help and did your best.
(That's different than having a "mandatory" civility buddy, which has been discussed before:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20051205/msgs/597469.html
which really would be taking responsibility for another poster's posts.)
> If possible, I would like if YOU could explain, when asked, for a greater explanation.
I thought Sam explained this one well...
> And the old long blocks?
> What of them?
> Are you going to reconsider?
> Cuz I think they just hurt is all, I don't think there's much eaducation going on after awhile.
> Just hurt.
> Babbles not supposed to be bout hurt is it?I'm open to considering alternatives to long blocks. The goal of Babble isn't hurt, but unfortunately some hurt I think is inevitable. But let's try to minimize it as much as possible.
Bob
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