Posted by 10derHeart on March 7, 2008, at 17:16:38
In reply to Re: I see you, Alex. :)I am not sure if it will » Dinah, posted by rskontos on March 7, 2008, at 13:54:32
>That posters threads can be deleted when it suits the one deity only. No that is not acceptable. Poof, the post was gone, I am busy. Not too busy to erase the post huh Dr Bob.
I deleted Alex's posts, not Dr.Bob. Why me? Because Dr. Bob hasn't been around and so I made an educated guess he wasn't available. Dinah had resigned and Racer was otherwise occupied. So it seemed, even though I also was very busy IRL, I was the most available in the shortest time.
Why deleted? Not because it was Alex, or because of the content. I like Alex very much. Alex was one of the first posters I got to know a bit when I was new here. Alex is a special and beautiful soul. BUT - those things can't matter. I don't consider those things when taking this action. Sure I'm human, and if I read strong language, I have feelings about it, good and not-so-good. But I can't take admin actions like this based on *my* emotions at the time. When you're blocked you're not supposed to post - anything. Dr. Bob's choice of policy, when you decide to post anyway, has been to delete the posts, at least ever since I've been here. As a deputy, I've agreed to help consistently enforce his policies here. Not 100% of them, all of the time, but whatever I'm comfortable with and can make time for as a volunteer. I do agree, *in general,* with blocks, and then enforcing them the best we can. Which in reality, is just to keep on deleting blocked posters' posts after the fact - no way to prevent anyone entirely, blocked or not, from posting under new names.
Having said that, it doesn't mean I'm some robot. Far, far from it. For example, it's very hard to do anything to the posts of someone you feel you know and care about. But if you didn't do the same thing you'd do if it were a new/unknown posting name, well, that sounds like playing favorites and that I can't live with, either. So, it's just hard. Sometimes, it'd be easier to be a deputy if I were robotic. But none of us would really want that, I don't think. I get upset, conflicted, depressed, angry, sad and all sorts of other emotions around some actions, or even inactions, I choose as a deputy. It can be da*n complicated sometimes. But so far, yes, even now, I still believe in the concept of civility and in Dr. Bob's overall ideas about fostering it here. I am a fierce supporter of civility, actually, here and IRL. We'll see, in the near future, if I still feel my being a Babble deputy is compatible with my integrity. It well may not be, but I can't tell yet until I hear some sort of explanation I can *understand.* We'll see - but I, too, have lines in the sand.....
Just one other thought - and this may come out all jumbled - if so, I apologize. Although maybe I didn't delete the posts in a "timely" manner, I did it as soon as I was able. Usually, one of us tries to remove blocked posters' posts ASAP, to avoid people starting threads that will later make no sense, to avoid potential distress, and to be consistent with the whole idea behind blocking. It's interesting, though, from past experience and recent feedback, to see how timeliness means vastly different things to everyone. Seems to depend on how they feel about blocking in general, long blocks, repetitive blocks, and so forth. Some think deleting any time after a minute or two of when the posts appear is too long, and are distressed. Some think deleting them *at all* is an awful thing to do. I suppose some (many?) fall in between somewhere, but as a deputy I don't often hear from those folks. I just did - and do - the best I can at the time.
I haven't had, and won't have much if anything, to say about the current - what to call it? - situation? until Dr. Bob has time to have a dialog here, but I thought I'd post this as it was something specific I did personally know about.
And rsk, hope you can feel better and not worry too much. Maybe give it more time because honestly, based on past experience, 3-4 days really isn't a long time (see my ramblings about "timeliness" above :-)) for Dr. Bob to *not* say or do anything about anything. Change is slow, communication is slow. There was a 2-week period once..... Like Dinah said, it really, probably is about his work and other IRL responsibilities. I think that's sooo hard for us to empathize with - at least for me - 'cause Babble is so high up on our priority list, ya' know? ((rsk))
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