I think it leads to pile-ons.

Can we define pile-ons? Is it more than a number of people agreeing about something?

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No, but there are people who will insult you whenever you enter a conversation,

send you nasty emails, and generally make it no fun for you to be part of a community. I wouldn't say "yes, X deserves a warning" if X was like this, because frankly, life is nicer if you're low on X's radar.

There are people who do this that are Buffistas? Because that is harassment, yo.

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I dunno if I'm one of the bullies you are referring to, Lyra Jane.

Huh? No. No one here is.

I'm probaby being melodramatic, but I did pretty much leave a forum recently because I bitched at/about someone and she decided I was The Biggest Idiot in the World and made it pretty much impossible for me to participate in discussions without being reminded I was TBIitW. And I don't want to institute a process that would lead to that for other people.

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Nutty "Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier" Apr 14, 2003 2:12:30 pm EDT

agree.

I need to state a huge love-on I have for theodosia and Kat.

If someone irritates a number of people (insert your number here) and they've been asked to modify posting behavior repeatedly to no avail - Do we do anything about it?

Yes.

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Against anonymous complaints especially those made backchannel. In my world, anonymity is used in cases of actual danger and those cases only.

Cannot say it more strongly than that.

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I don't think airing complaints here is a good idea. I think it leads to pile-ons. I think there should be a separate e-mail address for such complaints to go to. Otherwise, I find the stepped process a fine one.

But Michele, we're not a moderated board, on purpose. It's community rule here, as a rule. How does emailing stompies privately accomplish anything. They don't want to decide for us, and for the most part, most of us don't want them to decide for us, either.

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There are people who do this that are Buffistas? Because that is harassment, yo.

I'm talking about someone at another forum. But it's not like there are no other jerks on the internet.

if it looked like a group of people with a grudge against 1 person were trying to force someone out that the admins would allow that?

Askye, no -- I was responding to this post from bitterchick:

This bothers me. If the community isn't discussing the matter, how does a Stompy get a consenus that there is an issue? Why should they have to decide if the email raises a valid issue or is just someone trying to stick it to a poster they don't like?

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but rule-by-clique could happen just as easily with posts here as with emails.

I don't think that's true at all. There's a pretty diverse group of people who post in here regularly, and we all know that everyone has to have their say.

Here's a thought: instead of a number, how about a preponderance of posters over a certain period of time, say 24 hours. Maybe with a minumum of 10 or something. So Buffista A makes a request for a warning or whatever, everyone can say their piece, and then we see where we are. It seems to me that anytime there's a big discussion like this, the person in question will have defenders, and that's great. I just don't want that to paralyze us.

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~Mwah~

Thanks msbelle. I'm already in the corner with you and Jesse and Jessica and Nutty and many many others.

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Huh? No. No one here is.

Now I'm confused. Was the original post about possible harassment that hasn't happened, here?

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