[nabs-l] NABS List Manners
Sami Osborne
ligne14 at verizon.net
Fri Aug 15 19:16:45 UTC 2014
Hi all,
I agree with everything that's been said so far.
I think that the guidelines should maybe be posted here more
often, maybe not once every month but more than maybe once every
6 months. The reason I'm saying this is because since I've
registered to this list, the guidelines have only been posted
once. I think this would be a great way for everybody to be
aware of the rules and think about what they've done if they have
caused trouble on here.
Also, another suggestion is that when people register, after they
submit their email address, name and password, why couldn't the
guidelines be displayed, with buttons or links for the person
would have to click on to agree or disagree? Note: if they
accidentally click "disagree," then they could be given a second
chance to click "agree," and if for the second time they click on
"agree," then their subscription will not be taken.
About discussing opinions: I think that these kinds of
discussions are fine as long as people are not personally
insulting or attacking each other. In my opinion, if there is a
discussion going on where two people have differing opinions and
talk about their views, if it gets to the point where it starts
to get bad, these people should stop discussing their opinions.
These are just my thoughts.
Thanks,
Sami.
----- Original Message -----
From: Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Antonio Guimaraes <freethaught at gmail.com>,National
Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:32:02 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NABS List Manners
I agree with greater enforcement. I also think it would be nice
if
folks didn't respond to inappropriate messages on list. A single
off-topic or obnoxious message often goes unnoticed but a huge
thread
of replies clutters inboxes and annoys people, plus rewarding
someone
who might be making an obnoxious post to glean attention. If a
post
bothers you, I suggest quietly emailing Mary and Dave Andrews so
they
can handle the offense and then quietly letting it go. If you
aren't
sure whether a message you see is inappropriate, ask the
moderators
privately. These are just my suggestions.
Arielle
On 8/14/14, Antonio Guimaraes via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
Mary and all,
This is not the first time list etiquette and civility has been
brought up.
People would think twice, or otherwise no longer have the
opportunity to be
inappropriate on list if there was enforcement of guidelines
which suspended
or banned people from list for violations.
I have been threatened once for one spam sent to NFBNet lists,
and I never
did it again. The specifics do not concern the NABS list and
are not
relevant to the discussion at this time, but you bet I could
have been
banned by moderators, and as stated above, would no longer have
the chance
to polite the list in whatever way deemed inappropriate by the
moderators.
Some off topic messages to NABS irk me, but are infrequent
enough that they
don't bother me. I don't complain, hit delete ad move on.
One much example are the periodic announcements from David about
internet
radio. It takes me a few seconds to see the topic and decide
the
announcement does not interest me. I delete, and move on with
no stress. I'm
sure David's programs are interesting to some, and I accept a
member's
self-promotion as a part of the supportive NABS community.
I am not as tolerant of messages with personal information about
others, or
messages filled with self-disclosure on very personal and
sensitive topics.
We would be a better list if we were expected to act civilly,
stay on topic,
and so on, and be wormed, and disciplined when we do not.
Antonio
On Aug 10, 2014, at 8:55 PM, Mary Fernandez via nabs-l
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
wrote:
Good evening all,
I hope everyone's weekend was very enjoyable.
I am writing because I am deeply concerned about the manners, or
lack
thereof, which are more and more frequently being displayed on
the
list serv. I'll quickly remind you that the list is supposed to
be a
resource for blind students, of all ages, young professionals,
parents
and teachers. The list is "public" and "archivable", which
means that
anything we write on here is easily brought up when someone,
anyone,
conducts a Google search.
When someone inquires about software, or help with anything,
which
relates to blindness, or has a question and asks that you
contact them
off line, it does not mean that you can be disrespectful to that
person. The list is NOT here for insults to be thrown back and
forth,
for inappropriate comments, or for general disrespect towards
others.
So, here is my question, how can we improve communication among
list
members? Does this list still have value, and if so what are the
values and how to we maintain them? Let's have a discussion
about
issues and solutions. I'm probably opening a can of worms, but
I'm
truly concerned about the tone of the messages on here, and the
frequency with which they have been occurring. Please, be
polite and
respectful when responding to this message, and if you have
strong
feelings you do not wish to make public, simply click on my
email
address: trillian551 at gmail.com and reply to me directly.
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Your list moderator,
--
Mary Fernandez
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will
forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made
them
feel."
--
Maya Angelou
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