Posted by morgan miller on December 25, 2010, at 14:05:48
In reply to Re: saying the right thing, posted by Dr. Bob on December 24, 2010, at 17:36:26
>> I believe that you should give people more time. Instead, someone may get blocked and never want to revisit the issue and try to make it right or apologize. Or, someone might not want to come back to Babble at all.
>True, but if, like you, they do want to make it right, they're welcome back after their block.
I guess I'm just thinking that people may be in a fragile state that makes them more vulnerable to taking being blocked personally, and as a result, choosing not to come back. I also think that babblers' vulnerability and unstable state of mind may be one reason for people being uncivil(under your interpretation). But I also realize that this vulnerability factor is a reason why you have such strict guidelines, as you want to protect the members here. Maybe there is a bit of a "catch 22" going on here. It makes sense that protecting the majority of members that are civil takes priority here. Still, I feel there could be some measures taken to at least change the way the civility guidelines are enforced here, but I think you are considering this already.
Morgan
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