Posted by SLS on September 28, 2004, at 10:09:04
In reply to Re: Interesting points - but..... » SLS, posted by AuntieMel on September 28, 2004, at 9:13:45
Hi Mel.
> Please be known that I consider you to have valuable input to Babble. I just have a difference of opinion with you regarding this issue.
I'm glad there are differences of opinion. It makes life more interesting, and usually makes things better - at least theoretically. :-)
> > How many people here have commited murder?
> I think this is a bad example.I would have chosen tax-evasion, but I feared it would have included too many people to make my point.
> Murder does actually hurt another person. Multiple posts to admin hurt nobody.
I disagree. I find it disruptive to the flow of discourse and makes it much harder for me to read about issues that are important to me. I feel that unlimited consecutive posting deprives others of screen space and causes the board to turn over more frequently than I can follow. Anyone who *does* want to hurt the community could do so under this circumstance.
> Besides, I prefer to think of babble as NOT being a democracy (majority rules.)
Me too.
> I prefer to think of it as a place where the rights of the minority are protected against the majority.
I prefer to think of it as a place where the protections offered to the one are for the equal protection of all.
> But how much has flexibility been used in other cases? Every time I've stood up for someone, I've been told that 'rules is rules' and intent is too hard to determine to be able to take it into account. NO EXCEPTIONS, I've been told. Why is this different??
It may not be. I don't know what are the intentions of the moderator. I think any new policy or regulation is to suffer growing pains - perhaps even repeal.
> Question: what do you consider 'settle down' to be? Give the new rule time to gel, and those of us that have a problem with it shut our trap?
:-)
(Just kidding)
> Or chunk the rule completely?
I don't know what "chunk" means. Repeal?
> Yes, but only one person has actually done multiple posts with regularity.
This has been to our good fortune, I think.
> So, while theoretically it applies to all, in practice it only applies to one.
I disagree. In reality, it applies to all.
> And it's NotMurder!
OK! OK! Tax-evasion!!!
> > This might be a fact, but it is not Lou's fault that the system allowed for a posting behavior that could be disruptive. I am sure there are many people who did not find Lou's behavior thusfar to be disruptive. It is not about him. It is about a potential for abuse. I personally found that 10 or more consecutive posts submitted multiple instances on the same page was disruptive.
> Two separate thoughts here. If we worry about *potential* for abuse, then we have the *potential* of laying down so many rules that there is the *potential* for even smileys to be banned.:-)
I hope not. I would sooner leave the board myself under such a regulation.
> If someone *personally* finds it disruptive (especially on admin) then - As Dr. Bob says so often, there are other pages to visit.
And other sites.
I don't want to have to leave this one. Unlimited consecutive posting could easily cause this to happen. I wouldn't want to be here if there were continual filibusters and endless pontificating. This is personal - to me. I also believe that posting limits are in the best interests of the community as a whole. It's nice when the two coincide.
> It is my opinion that any rule that has built in flexibility (considering intent) and an arbitrary line drawn (3? why not 2? or 6?) is a bad rule. Why base the number on one archiving?
I don't know what Dr. Bob's criteria were for setting 3 as the threshold. I only audited the boards to quell Dinah's fears that she would not be able to interact here because she couldn't adhere to the number 3. I was happy to discover that among all the boards during an entire archiving period, she only felt the need to post more than 3 times in only one instance.
- Scott
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