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Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
14. I've hit upon an idea
Fri May 3, 2013, 07:09 PM
May 2013

Most of us here are hugely to mildly annoyed when we are blocked for no visible reason. Why should that be? But some people might be too shy or fearful of a flame war to express to the offending poster what their issue is with their post. So they usually will just block the person without seeking any clarification that might otherwise have just required a simple exchange to clarify.

I'm going to propose an anonymous option, like the jury system, that allows a user to anonymously engage a possibly offensive poster to clarify their post so the other member can get more information before they make the decision to block or refrain from blocking them.

The suspected offending member will be sent a form letter saying something like "Hey, you better clarify that post!" as a signal that another member is considering blocking you for what you wrote in that post, and would you care to clarify?

The challenged member can either decline, if they don't care, and allow themselves to be blocked or send back a clarification that the other member will read and decide whether it was a misunderstanding and refrain from blocking or to proceed and block that member.

I would imagine from your "Let's go with that one." attitude you would be in the "I don't really care whether people block me" category.

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