Personally, I think it's worth posting any Stompy Notices in Press, not as any kind of public flogging for the Stompee, but just to help these conversations end when they're over. Seeing "Buffistina Monkeypants has recieved the following Official Stompy Foot notice: blah blah noticecakes" in Press would let people know that the decision had been reached, and action taken without having to wade through all 300+ posts in here.

This would be satisfying for people who were irritated Buffistina Monkeypants, and it would save them time wading through the posts here, but I can't see any way for it NOT to be effectively a public flogging. If someone is particularly irritated by a particular poster but hasn't the time to wade through Kafka to check whether any action has been taken, it would take only a moment to email a Stompy and ask. Or even to ask a Stompy if you bump into them in any given thread, for that matter. But pinning up notices saying Buffistina got an Official Warning is pretty much humiliating Buffistina. If we're saying "Yeah, it would be a public flogging but Buffistina's got it coming at this point" then that's one thing, and you can make an argument for it - and I might be convinced, because obviously I do agree that the good of the community is v. important. But I think it's a touch disingenous to ignore the punitive connotations such a notice would have.

Of course, I'm coming at this from a woolly liberal point of view, wanting to give people the benefit of the doubt and try to help them fit in blah blah blah supportivecakes. (I realise that this may make some people want to slap me, but I haven't wholly embraced my InnerSnape yet. Give me time.)

Would it be fair to say that the Stompy Feet are gradually becoming de facto Moderators? (My experience of other communities is limited, so I may not have the right impression of what a Moderator is.)

edited because I can spell impression. Really. I think.

But I think it's a touch disingenous to ignore the punitive connotations such a notice would have.

Is it necessarily more punitive than a warning posted in the thread where the offense occured? (Which is my understanding of how the warning system was originally supposed to work, though in this case it doesn't seem to have happened that way.)

Another reason I think warning should go in Press is to guarantee that the person recieving the warning sees it. If someone doesn't read this thread or check their profile email regularly, or somehow skips past the warning in the thread where the offense occured, they may not even realize that they've been Stomped. If the warning's in Press, there's really no way for them to miss it.

Jess, I think that official warnings are sent by email to the person, for precisely the reason you mention.

Is it necessarily more punitive than a warning posted in the thread where the offense occured?

considers.

Hmm. Okay, maybe not.

Fwiw, though, I actually dip into Press pretty infrequently myself, so if y'all had been emailing a dusty email address to bitchslap me for being patronising/passive agressive/talking funny it's quite possible that I wouldn't notice it in Press for ages either.

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I don't like the idea of the notice in Press. Email feels better to me. I have fled this thread before and found just skipping to recent would let me know if the issue was resolved. Also, the end to discussion seems to filter over to the other threads.

I think sending an email and posting it in the thread where the person is, is sufficient.

Agreed with Allyson (and everyone else). Press feels like a public spanking.

And maybe a few of us who simply procrastinated on the voting because it always seemed to be getting modified and we missed the final final trulio final this is really it final voting.

I'm just saying voter turnout does not necessarily translate into dedication or frequency of posts.

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I don't think the not-on-permanent-record message that I sent warrants Press notification, though.

Press guarantees nothing, e-mail guarantees nothing, in the thread where the poster posts guarantees nothing.

Unfortunately.

Personally, on this level, I'm most comfortable with e-mail and Kafka. If you come into Kafka to request something and don't stick around to see how it plays out? Oh, well.

Can I ask a question?

Not to be contrary, but just because, frankly, ya'll fascinate me: Isn't a 300+ conversation in Bureaucracy about just how much Buffistina Mcpaininthearse needs a warning because of x,y, and z instances of annoyance also akin to a public flogging?