Community Guidelines - why are they called that ? Why are they not called RULES. Is that for fear of offending some people - e.g. like today, everyone has to term their boyfriend/girlfriend, fiancee, husband/wife with the new asexual word 'PARTNER' - so as not to offend homosexuals. The actual 'guidelines' themselves, if you HAVE that much time to read them, are like something out of the Amish Society ! I've never seen anything so ridiculously draconian !! Sneezing is ok - I think!
Next - this whole business of seemingly arbitrary suspension - is causing the people concerned distress - especially people who have got up to higher levels - and here again - the term SUSPENSION; that implies that it is temporary - is it ? It needs clarifying. If it is permanent - surely it should be called TERMINATION - or again, would it not be deemed politically correct for sounding to harsh !
Surely this site needs to be fair and just, with clear warnings AND parameters in order to prevent confusion!
2006-08-18 06:30:48 · 3 answers · asked by BaitersinSpace 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
AND - if it is not to much trouble and this what I really mean by the words evolved, advanced and pragmatic - some way of storing the history for people who wish it of question-reply-counter-reply etc., etc.,
2006-08-18 06:31:28 · update #1
Very well put. I would like to add that maybe they should have their moderators actually read the question prior to its posting instead of having all of these flags. There are people who have been 'terminated' and others who have had questions removed for unseemly reasons. (It is obvious that some people are being reported because another user simply doesn't like the asker.) Then there are loads of questions that are so blatantly against the 'rules' that it amazes me these people are still on here.
Perhaps this question would serve well on the moderators Q&A.
2006-08-18 06:41:14 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are so correct! You are also a rare breed on here! I vote for you to lead Yahoo Answers!
2006-08-18 07:17:26 · answer #2 · answered by Star of Florida 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't get overly concerned with the semantics. However, I like your idea of "question-reply-counter-reply."
2006-08-18 07:06:48 · answer #3 · answered by celticwoman777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋