Posted by mike lynch on January 7, 2008, at 17:32:14
In reply to Re: My conclusion » muffled, posted by Racer on January 7, 2008, at 14:17:52
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> > I'm all for letting stuff pass w/just PBC etc for education, and saving blocks for bad situations.
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> Speaking for myself, I try to use PBCs to remind people of the rules for behavior on Babble. The problem is, sometimes people continue in the same behavior, despite reminders. I understand how it happens, but at that point I sometimes choose to block, both as a stronger reminder and as a way to protect the larger group from behavior which may be disruptive or even damaging.Yes but when the "damaging" behavior is posting a, what may or may not be inaccurate description of a blood pressure machine, things are going into the realm of absurdity. In this case I think the block caused much more damage and hurt then whatever problems caused by the "gneralizatioN" You're not suppose to believe what you read on a message board anyway, that's just common sense. And to attempt to create a message board where you try and reprimand those who maybe unintentionally loose with the facts, generalize, or whatever, it's just absurd and unrealistic
poster:mike lynch
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