If a group is bad at policing itself, or has one (or more) member(s) prone to... going against the rest of his/her headmates' wishes, then should the group be posting/commenting at all?
It's a fine line to see and to walk. It's rarely clear enough to be obvious - if a member of a group is saying things like YOU'RESTUPIDLOLHATEYOU, the mods - and whoever is receiving that hatred - have a right to react. But it usually seems to be one member arguing and unable to let it go... so what do you do then?
As much as we dislike pluralanon, there was one comment that summed up our opinion:
...whoever else is there didn't do jack shit to stop me. should they? yes cause it reflects back on them. it says "we let our headmate be a dick and that means we think its okay".
it's like shitty parents who let their monster kids terrorize everyone in the grocery store. it's not even an issue of not noticing, just outright ignoring it and letting it happen. only these fcking kids are in the store EVERYTIME I GO THERE.
seriously. if your headmate is a buttmunch then everyone will look at the system and say "wow they LET them be a buttmunch" and the whole opinion of the system goes down.
I think this is very true, and... sort of poignant, in a way. Individuals are responsible for themselves, but a unit composed of more than one individual is also responsible for its actions.
If you (ie: anyone) has a headmate that can't stop being aggressive, perhaps speaking with the mods about it would be a good idea. Or if it's SO bad, allowing the mods to temporarily ban your journal/headmates' journal until they've calmed down or learned to control themselves a bit.
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Date: 2011-02-03 01:15 am (UTC)If a group is bad at policing itself, or has one (or more) member(s) prone to... going against the rest of his/her headmates' wishes, then should the group be posting/commenting at all?
It's a fine line to see and to walk. It's rarely clear enough to be obvious - if a member of a group is saying things like YOU'RESTUPIDLOLHATEYOU, the mods - and whoever is receiving that hatred - have a right to react. But it usually seems to be one member arguing and unable to let it go... so what do you do then?
As much as we dislike pluralanon, there was one comment that summed up our opinion:
...whoever else is there didn't do jack shit to stop me. should they? yes cause it reflects back on them. it says "we let our headmate be a dick and that means we think its okay".
it's like shitty parents who let their monster kids terrorize everyone in the grocery store. it's not even an issue of not noticing, just outright ignoring it and letting it happen. only these fcking kids are in the store EVERYTIME I GO THERE.
seriously. if your headmate is a buttmunch then everyone will look at the system and say "wow they LET them be a buttmunch" and the whole opinion of the system goes down.
I think this is very true, and... sort of poignant, in a way. Individuals are responsible for themselves, but a unit composed of more than one individual is also responsible for its actions.
If you (ie: anyone) has a headmate that can't stop being aggressive, perhaps speaking with the mods about it would be a good idea. Or if it's SO bad, allowing the mods to temporarily ban your journal/headmates' journal until they've calmed down or learned to control themselves a bit.
It's another... case by case thing.