G’day tranzcrybe,
I read your reply to
Sophie_M and am respectfully hoping to continue feeling included by responding to
your awesome post. I may have responded in private to tranzcrybe if that were an option.
I believe all respectful communication is worthwhile.
Is not liking a post
worthwhile? Is liking a post worthwhile? They’re both communicative
also, both aren’t swearing or abusive so that implies worthwhile
communication, or at least in the realm of respectful communication dependent upon their context.
If one liked an abusive post that might be considered abusive, but abusive posts
won’t pass bb moderation, nor should they. So we can consider that option dismissed.
If one choose to
“not like” a post, is that an expression of disagreement? I don’t think so, absence of a response doesn’t
imply disagreement thus a person who sees no likes to their post as evidence of the communities disagreement may be over reacting if they become excessively traumatised. No comment implies nothing is the legality.
It wasn’t the
straw on the camels back that broke the back, instead all the weights
before the final straw.
We could address the
issue of identification by providing more options. Eg, ability to
change ones avatar name, ability to post anonymously despite having
an avatar name, ability to become part of a group name, i.e. where
every member of the group posts as ANON. Modsupport is the title of
group name used by bb modsupport in emails, the group name protects each member with anonymity.
Another option is to have a
sub-forum, where all posts are anonymous, yet still moderated.
Another anonymous option might be the like button extended to the
thanks/laugh/like options… what if all the button options for
responding to a post were anonymous?
Status is certainly
an interesting notion on forums. I note several status symbols on bb,
thus bb openly supports status as in accord with bb rules/policy.
Identity can
certainly influence reception. Racism is one anti-social example. A
hierarchy of competence is a prosocial example of how identifying
one’s position in said hierarchy will influence reception.
