Posted by Willful on January 3, 2010, at 14:08:49
In reply to Re: blocked for week, posted by ColoradoSnowflake on January 2, 2010, at 23:36:54
I agree with Dinah, that it's not at all clear-- even to those who have been reading admin-- that this is a new formula to replace the PBC or PBS. It was also never that clear to me that a PBC or PBS required an apology, or a rewording, although it may be in the FAQ that if you don't do that, you may (will?) be blocked.
I fear that the blocking rules (or guidelines?) have been blurred over the last few months, since many of what would have been quite uncivil posts have been allowed. I'm not quite sure if there are (unspoken) different expectations on the admin page, where people can be more freewheeling-- or if there are shifting standards-- of if the dearth of deputies has come to mean that enforcement is even more spotty and irregular.
But you might want to consider reformulating the blocking policy directly--or at least restating it directly-- and posting the new (or simply recomfirmed) guidelines in Bold Red Print at the top of the boards for a while.
By now, I suspect everyone is thoroughly baffled. I've always been extremely careful here, but have personally been a bit more forthright lately-- after having myself been addressed in what seemed to me a very hurtful way with no consequences for the poster. So I had inferred that things were less strict myself.
This seems to be a real sticking point for everyone and while restatement won't solve the problems, it might at least help people be more aware of where we are now.
Willful
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