06-19-2009, 08:39 PM
On this forum I am not going to tolerate vigilantes and firestorms of rude behavior on this site...Are there any questions? Let's hear them and deal with them.
Perhaps it may be useful to clarify the group norms and expectations by posting a netiquette page associated with Punaweb showing samples of the sorts of statements which are considered over the line of civil free speech and venturing into vigilantism and rude behavior.
Quite likely people who are being trolls know perfectly well that is how they are coming across, yet some folks genuinely do have a somewhat different calibration on modes of communication. I have often found it useful when teaching classes with a diverse mix of students to provide concrete examples at the outset so everyone has a commonly held definition of what is welcome, acceptable, and unacceptable.
With absolutely no malice or rude intention beforehand some people from certain parts of the USA can come across as being deliberately rude in the perception of folks from other regions and cultures.
I myself have had no difficulties with Rob's management of Punaweb and appreciate the tremendous informational and networking resource Punaweb constitutes. If others are encountering difficulties of some sort then if they are not deliberately being trolls it may be useful for them to communicate where the confusion is regarding the expectations and group norms here; clear examples are quite concrete.
)'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'(
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
Pres. John Adams, Scholar and Statesman
"There's a scientific reason to be concerned and there's a scientific reason to push for action. But there's no scientific reason to despair."
NASA climate analyst Gavin Schmidt
)'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'(
Perhaps it may be useful to clarify the group norms and expectations by posting a netiquette page associated with Punaweb showing samples of the sorts of statements which are considered over the line of civil free speech and venturing into vigilantism and rude behavior.
Quite likely people who are being trolls know perfectly well that is how they are coming across, yet some folks genuinely do have a somewhat different calibration on modes of communication. I have often found it useful when teaching classes with a diverse mix of students to provide concrete examples at the outset so everyone has a commonly held definition of what is welcome, acceptable, and unacceptable.
With absolutely no malice or rude intention beforehand some people from certain parts of the USA can come across as being deliberately rude in the perception of folks from other regions and cultures.
I myself have had no difficulties with Rob's management of Punaweb and appreciate the tremendous informational and networking resource Punaweb constitutes. If others are encountering difficulties of some sort then if they are not deliberately being trolls it may be useful for them to communicate where the confusion is regarding the expectations and group norms here; clear examples are quite concrete.
)'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'(
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
Pres. John Adams, Scholar and Statesman
"There's a scientific reason to be concerned and there's a scientific reason to push for action. But there's no scientific reason to despair."
NASA climate analyst Gavin Schmidt
)'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'(
)'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'(
Astonishing skill! This archer is a real-life Legolas and then some!
http://geekologie.com/2013/11/real-life-...rs-anc.php
)'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'(
Astonishing skill! This archer is a real-life Legolas and then some!
http://geekologie.com/2013/11/real-life-...rs-anc.php
)'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'( )'(