2008 Finley Award Winners
Sun, 18 Jan 2009, 02:45 pmKimberley93 posts in thread
2008 Finley Award Winners
Sun, 18 Jan 2009, 02:45 pmAll care
Sat, 7 Feb 2009, 09:45 amcrgwllms enquired:
> what then is the point of my filter setting which
> allows me to see 'all the rubbish'?
Occasionally, when it's really smelly, we take out the trash.
:-)
> knowing the post CAN be voted into obscurity
> actually lessens the
responsibility anyone has to
> post considerately, and puts all the onus
on the readers
I don't entirely agree. The community frequenting the site has no choice in what individuals caused to be published here.
There can be no question that the person posting a message is responsible for causing that information to be posted.
Does the fact that others may eventually pick up my rubbish and put it in the bin lessen my responsibility for littering?
The only _requirement_ on readers is that if they see something they regard as illegal, unauthorised or defamatory, they make a complaint to me.
> If you knew every stupid thing you wrote would
> remain here to warn
people from ever taking you
> seriously, that in itself is a form of
moderation.
If only all people lived such considered and self aware lives!
I regularly receive requests from people upset to discover that something they posted here long ago comes up in Google when they're ego-surfing and demand that I look up and remove all references to them. It's a little like having a letter to the editor of the paper published and then demanding that the letter be unpublished.
"Yes, I wrote it and that is my name but I no longer want to be associated with what I wrote."
Far better, as crgwllms suggests, to think carefully about everything you write - particularly on the Internet.
Thank you Craig.
Regards
Grant
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Director, actor and administrator of this website
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