"Voting Discussion 1: Dead Horses, Get Yer Dead Horses Here!"
Snerk. I was thinking "The Isolation Room" but that wasn't funny, alas.
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
'Origin'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Katie M - Mar 19, 2003 10:40:02 am PST #8036 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
bitterchick - Mar 19, 2003 10:40:33 am PST #8037 of 10001
The problem that I have with the moderator suggestion (aside from what others have already mentioned) is that I feel it’s somewhat premature. We had one problem poster and we handled it in a less than smooth fashion. So, okay, Method A didn’t work. But, with the moderating proposal, I feel like we just skipped to Method E without even considering Methods B, C or D.
Part of why I think the m/S/A situation was so difficult is that it was the first one. There was no existing policy for us to refer to when dealing with him. We had to feel our way through it. In retrospect, I know there are things I wish we’d done differently (like, making mieskie aware of this thread and that he was being discussed).
What if, before going to the moderator option, we tried to create a policy for handling problem posters? I’m not saying it’s going to be the solution but I feel like we need to make the effort before we start talking about empowering posters to be watchdogs.
Lyra Jane - Mar 19, 2003 10:41:43 am PST #8038 of 10001
Up with the sun
"Voting Discussion 1: Court is now in session."
"Voting Discussion 1: Deathmatch '03"
(Bitterchick, I hear what you're saying. What do you think B, C, and D are?)
Dana - Mar 19, 2003 10:43:18 am PST #8039 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
What if, before going to the moderator option, we tried to create a policy for handling problem posters?
We have a policy, yes? Once, warn. Twice, suspend. Three times, ban. What we have a problem with is the details of enforcement.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 19, 2003 10:44:40 am PST #8040 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
See, and I thought the Stompies decided, really, whether to warn someone. I mean we can ask all we want, but it is the stompy that types it up.
So obviously we don't really know what we were doing.
I also thought the warning, banning stuff was excluded from the vote because of the poential for public flogging and the time issues.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 19, 2003 10:45:55 am PST #8041 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
We have a policy, yes? Once, warn. Twice, suspend. Three times, ban. What we have a problem with is the details of enforcement.
Yes. This.
Michele T. - Mar 19, 2003 10:45:58 am PST #8042 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
We have a policy, yes? Once, warn. Twice, suspend. Three times, ban. What we have a problem with is the details of enforcement.
Yes. We have a policy that no one feels empowered to enforce, is what it seems to me is the problem.
Michele T. - Mar 19, 2003 10:46:26 am PST #8043 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Sophia! I am you and you are me and we are one together!
I am the Eggman! Coo-coo-ca-choo!
Lyra Jane - Mar 19, 2003 10:48:04 am PST #8044 of 10001
Up with the sun
We have a policy that no one feels empowered to enforce, is what it seems to me is the problem.
This is my perception too. I think when we created the short etiquette including that policy, we were viewing Stompies more as moderators (I know that's how I was thinking when I drafted it.). It turns out that's not how things operate officially.
Dana - Mar 19, 2003 10:48:49 am PST #8045 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We have a policy that no one feels empowered to enforce, is what it seems to me is the problem.
Okay. So, first step. We decide if we're a) happy with having the entire community participate in enforcement, b) want the Stompies to handle it by themselves, or c) create a new group of people to handle the enforcement.