[pianotech] Conventions ( was Pianotech? )

[Mark Purney]

John,

I will also be blocking Duaine's posts. But we SHOULD NOT have to 
individually block people to make this a friendly, respectful forum for 
communicating with each other about piano technology.

I have personally asked various members of leadership why we must 
continue to put up with people like Duaine who continuously show 
disrespect for others and offer nothing positive to the rest of the 
community. The answer is that there is no official position of authority 
to carry this out. There is no moderator, apparently. Nobody wants the 
job or the responsibility. There is some notion that if one person is 
removed for bad behavior, then it opens a can of worms, and then we will 
have the burden of having to be fair about how such things are handled 
in the future, so that nobody is discriminated against or treated more 
harshly than some other troublemaker was treated in the past. So the 
solution is to do nothing? I'm getting tired of nothing being the 
solution, and seeing people like Duaine insult people who don't deserve 
to be insulted. I don't care about Duaine's feelings. I care about the 
feelings of the hundreds of decent people who want a friendly 
environment to share ideas with each other; people who know how to 
behave like mature adults.

I just don't get it. I've run and moderated a number of forums for 
various organizations, and it's really easy:  If someone is a 
disrespectful jerk, they get banned. Everyone is happy, life goes on. 
The next disrespectful jerk to ruin the party for everyone else gets 
banned, too. Why are we putting up with this crap? Why can't we, in the 
name of respect and decency, set some reasonable standards of normal 
human behavior and draw a line? It's time for us to realize that good 
will, a collaborative spirit, and mutual respect is far too important to 
let someone like Duaine Hechler crap all over it day after day after day.

Nobody wants the job? Give it to me, then. I'll be glad to hit the "Ban" 
button if nobody else has wants to take the flak for making a decision.





On 7/24/2012 7:40 PM, John Formsma wrote:
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>
> I have been blissfully blocking his posts for at least 2 years now. I 
> don't really understand why the rest of you haven't done the same. I 
> bear him no will either, but have better things to do with my time.
>
> The only time I see his name is when someone responds to him. If we 
> all blocked his emails, life would be happier.