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Re: Lou's reply to Larry » Lou Pilder

Posted by Larry Hoover on September 8, 2004, at 12:11:13

In reply to Lou's reply to Larry » Larry Hoover, posted by Lou Pilder on September 8, 2004, at 10:18:54

> Larry,
> You wrote,[...the "do not post to me" policy...is unsuited...].
> Well, I objected to the policy at its conception. I thought that a policy like that could be detrimental to a mental-health community.
> Your post here seems to give credance to my original complaint.
> I am requesting that the moderator think about your post here, and also my original complaint, and consider to remove the policy from the FAQ page and replace it with something like:
> [...telling someone not to post to you is not conducive to a mental-health community's goals, for it is unsupportive to ask for someone to be excluded from replying to you...].
> Lou Pilder

Although I disagree with you on the merits of a "do no post" rule, as it is presently constituted, the rule is quite toothless.

"Posting to someone means directing either the subject line or the body of a post to them. Replying to posts by someone isn't necessarily posting to them."

If poster A asks poster B to not post to them, what has changed?

1. Poster A cannot post to B, or the ban is automatically lifted.
2. Poster B can reply to poster A, talk about poster A, or I don't know what all else.

The effect of the rule is mostly a limitation on A, not B.

Lar

 

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