Posted by sigismund on August 18, 2010, at 0:10:29
In reply to Re: new members » sigismund, posted by Dinah on August 17, 2010, at 21:35:46
>Respect. Concern. Responsiveness. Those are things that people need to feel valued. If he had framed it so that older posters felt respected, heard, and valued, Babblers would have felt less resentment to the process. I don't think any resentment was involved towards the actual new posters.
That's how I remember it too (now that you mention it).
(But you might recall how often when the question of participation is raised, the question of blocks is never far behind.)
I am not sure if I can recall an episode of obvious scapegoating here. I don't think so. Singling them out, destroying them cleverly, that's what I'd be looking for.
Groups can be like that.
But too many people at Babble have had experience with that and will defend anyone who is on the receiving end of it.
So maybe there hasn't been any.
Not a lot, anyway.
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