Jesse Pinkman wrote:
Let me also add..since I have been a Mod, and so has Jersey Girl..Mods have lives. So after you do report a post, give Shades and EAllusion an actual chance to respond. It might take them a couple of days to study the situation and decide what they are going to do. Plus, they both have full time jobs. This board is volunteer.
If you don't get a response after about 3 days, politely PM them. They are both very good about responding to a PM.
OK. There have been some helpful posts. I suppose that this is pretty much an issue between one other poster...in the main...and myself. With the last 'go around' I did report to Shades and he responded appropriately...in the main...to that situation. I told him that I would just as well leave him alone and not bug him too often. Yes, I know he has a life.
I felt like it was appropriate to bring the issue of misquotation before the whole board to see what the opinions were in regards to posters misrepresenting what others are saying. I see that as a form of lying. And I was curious as to whether or not others viewed this sort of things as wrong. I haven't seen much at all in response to that question. That is the main purpose I created this thread.
At this point, I guess it may be a safe assumption to make that misquotation and misrepresentation of what another person is actually saying on this board and doing so in a mocking tone/manner is good to go. If so, I must strongly disagree with that group consensus. Although, truth be told, since that particular issue that the opening post is specifically referring to hasn't really been addressed, I can't be sure whether or not others believe this practice of misquotation is inappropriate or not.
It is THAT issue that I think has ramifications for the civil discourse and future of this board in which active members feel free to enter into discussions without fear of being misrepresented and lied about.
But then again, maybe misquotation such as we can see in the four recent threads I linked to isn't a form of lying?
The potty mouth stuff is pretty much par for the course from the poster I am referring to. I've basically come to realize that this is just who he is and what's inside him. But it's the topic of this opening post that I'm mainly concerned with at this point. Thus the opening post title.
Yes, I did refer to this board as an increasingly hostile place for believers through use of invective language and that sort of thing. I will stick to that. But I will repeat again, there have been and are folks here who I have enjoyed a civil/respectful conversation with. And so, yes, I know it is possible to do so.
I guess I was hoping beyond hope that the Terrestrial Forum could be a place where basic civility could be the norm among all members. I apologise if this thread seems like another "drama stage" for my concerns...but I was curious as to whether lying/misquoting/misrepresentation was an acceptable practice in this forum.
Regards,
MG