(...) I do not agree that we have a climate where people are being chastised. I've only really seen it happen to one person. (...) I think we need to be more subtle. I'm old enough to remember a phase of LUGNET where there was too much policing by (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
(...) Or 2b. Poster receives 10--20 e-mail messages telling him that he's wrong (many probably more caustic than would have been posted in public) because no one is sure that someone has corrected him. 3b. Poster feels harassed. 4b. Poster gives up (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
(...) I agree you have a point. But do you think the current system leaves users feeling any less harassed? Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
(...) Being corrected in a public forum is somewhat disturbing to most people. On the other hand, getting one correction message is (I would think) less disturbing than getting many. The latter inadvertantly communicates a sense of the "in-group" (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
