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Posted by llurpsienoodle on May 8, 2008, at 8:06:36
1) is it civil to write:
"I have notified the administration about your post to me" ?2) is it civil to write:
"Will someone please notify the administration about this particular post?" ?3) is it civil to write:
"The administration has deemed this post to not be uncivil" ?
Posted by Racer on May 8, 2008, at 10:32:58
In reply to civility and notification button, posted by llurpsienoodle on May 8, 2008, at 8:06:36
> 1) is it civil to write:
> "I have notified the administration about your post to me" ?I would not consider this civil -- it seems to circumvent the notification system.
>
> 2) is it civil to write:
> "Will someone please notify the administration about this particular post?" ?I would find that uncivil, since the person posting would presumably have the same ability to notify as anyone else. Therefore, I would think it circumvents the notification system.
>
> 3) is it civil to write:
> "The administration has deemed this post to not be uncivil" ?
>Whether or not I found that uncivil, I would find it ungrammatical, but that's a whole 'nother story... ;-)
Seriously -- that one wouldn't fly for me, although in my deputy persona I might wonder about it more. Again -- it would circumvent the notification system, since it makes plain that someone found the post offensive enough to notify about.
Mind you -- all of that except the grammar note is coming off the top of my head and is only my point of view. Dr Bob may have a different point of view, and this is his site.
Posted by llurpsienoodle on May 8, 2008, at 10:39:54
In reply to Speaking in my non-deputy persona... » llurpsienoodle, posted by Racer on May 8, 2008, at 10:32:58
deemed not uncivil
=
civil???
I guess I see this as ... failure to find someone guilty is not the same as "innocent"
pardon my agrammar
Posted by Dinah on May 8, 2008, at 11:24:55
In reply to Speaking in my non-deputy persona... » llurpsienoodle, posted by Racer on May 8, 2008, at 10:32:58
I would tend to agree with Racer about the posts circumventing the notification system. But Dr. Bob may have his own ideas.
Posted by Dr. Bob on May 21, 2008, at 21:55:05
In reply to Re: Speaking in my non-deputy persona..., posted by Dinah on May 8, 2008, at 11:24:55
> Dr. Bob may have his own ideas.
Here's a scenario for everyone based on llurpsie's #3. Say poster A posts something and poster B posts the single sentence: The administration has deemed this post to not be uncivil.
1. How would you react if you were poster A?
2. How would you react if you were a poster just reading the thread?Thanks,
Bob
Posted by llurpsienoodle on May 21, 2008, at 22:22:06
In reply to Re: civility and notification button, posted by Dr. Bob on May 21, 2008, at 21:55:05
> Dr. Bob may have his own ideas.
Here's a scenario for everyone based on llurpsie's #3. Say poster A posts something and poster B posts the single sentence: The administration has deemed this post to not be uncivil.
1. How would you react if you were poster A?
2. How would you react if you were a poster just reading the thread?Thanks,
Bob
1) I would be aware that something I said triggered someone's civility antennae. I might be satisfied, knowing that I passed the civility test. I might be proud that I toed the line and survived.
I might also be surprised that I triggered someone's civility antennae. I might wonder why I triggered their antennae. If I were feeling particularly ____ I might be very self-critical of my post and wonder what I did to merit this sort of (negative?) attention.
2) I would feel curiosity, and I would be more likely to respond to the thread's content. I would respond with more knowledge about where the boundaries between civility and incivility lay.
sorry to use the metaphorical antennae. I envision them as the elaborate antennae of the gypsy moth.
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/G/GypsyMoth011.jpg-Llurpsienoodle
Posted by muffled on May 22, 2008, at 9:00:54
In reply to Re: civility and notification button » Dr. Bob, posted by llurpsienoodle on May 21, 2008, at 22:22:06
This is the end of the thread.
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