Bulletin Board Etiquette (please read!)
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:08 pm
I am happy that it's taken 7 years for it to become necessary for me to post something like this -- but unfortunately, some uncharacteristically heated posts over these last two weeks have made it so.
Please let's be careful not to insult one another. There's no reason we can't be civil when we disagree. This board has a pretty great track record in this regard and honestly I'd rather just take the board down than see that change.
So please, please, think twice before posting something aggressive.
And think twice more before taking offense; that's almost guaranteed to just escalate things further.
Just don't respond to rude comments -- and let me know via email or private message. I'll step in to make sure it stops.
Please note that this isn't to discourage differences of opinion -- those are fine, they're great, actually. This board would be dull as earth without them. But there is no reason not to frame these differences in a polite and respectful way -- as almost everyone has, over tens of thousands of posts here and on the yahoo group that preceded it, since 2002.
Much as I HATE the idea of doing this, I'm going to freeze the accounts of people who repeatedly choose not to comply. I hate exercising censorship, but people need to feel safe here.
Thanks in advance for your tolerance and understanding,
Reinhard
Please let's be careful not to insult one another. There's no reason we can't be civil when we disagree. This board has a pretty great track record in this regard and honestly I'd rather just take the board down than see that change.
So please, please, think twice before posting something aggressive.
And think twice more before taking offense; that's almost guaranteed to just escalate things further.
Just don't respond to rude comments -- and let me know via email or private message. I'll step in to make sure it stops.
Please note that this isn't to discourage differences of opinion -- those are fine, they're great, actually. This board would be dull as earth without them. But there is no reason not to frame these differences in a polite and respectful way -- as almost everyone has, over tens of thousands of posts here and on the yahoo group that preceded it, since 2002.
Much as I HATE the idea of doing this, I'm going to freeze the accounts of people who repeatedly choose not to comply. I hate exercising censorship, but people need to feel safe here.
Thanks in advance for your tolerance and understanding,
Reinhard