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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,918 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting gardibolt: Quote: Some guidelines for everyone (not just Skip) to consider: +1 |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | Taro:
A word of advice, if you are willing to listen to it and take it as such. I would not use "Greenie for you!" evemn though that is a positive, I would only use the thumbs up and . Why because if that is OK to post then so is the corollary, and the corollary is instigation very clearly. I never reveal, publicly, whether I am throwing green or a red....ummm maybe I did recently in anger, but I shouldn't have. I do believe that some users act in unison, Taro, positively or negatively. I hope I was clear in what I was trying to explain. | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!! CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it. Outta here
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Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,852 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Prof. Kingsfield: Quote: I would not use "Greenie for you!" evemn though that is a positive, I would only use the thumbs up and . Why because if that is OK to post then so is the corollary, and the corollary is instigation very clearly. Good advice, IMO. --------------- |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 3,480 |
| Posted: | | | | If "greenie for you" is going to become an outlawed phrase, there won't be much left that we can post without it being called "instigation". | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan |
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Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,852 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting m.cellophane: Quote: If "greenie for you" is going to become an outlawed phrase, there won't be much left that we can post without it being called "instigation". Just think of all the peace and quiet there will be here then. --------------- |
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Registered: December 10, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 3,004 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting scotthm: Quote: Quoting Prof. Kingsfield:
Quote: I would not use "Greenie for you!" evemn though that is a positive, I would only use the thumbs up and . Why because if that is OK to post then so is the corollary, and the corollary is instigation very clearly. Good advice, IMO.
--------------- What? Why would the corollary automatically be okay? Are we taking the position it's not okay to complement people because then it would also be okay to insult them? |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 3,480 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Ace_of_Sevens: Quote: What? Why would the corollary automatically be okay? Are we taking the position it's not okay to complement people because then it would also be okay to insult them? I think what he's saying is that saying "greenie for you" to someone is a corollary to instigating against people who disagree with the person you've given a greenie to. | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan |
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Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,852 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting m.cellophane: Quote: Quoting Ace_of_Sevens:
Quote: What? Why would the corollary automatically be okay? Are we taking the position it's not okay to complement people because then it would also be okay to insult them? I think what he's saying is that saying "greenie for you" to someone is a corollary to instigating against people who disagree with the person you've given a greenie to. Thank you. I was going to respond but you said it better than I would have. --------------- | | | Last edited: by scotthm |
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Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 599 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting m.cellophane: Quote: If "greenie for you" is going to become an outlawed phrase, there won't be much left that we can post without it being called "instigation". Just gave you a limey. Hope that doesn't offend anyone. |
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Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 599 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting m.cellophane: Quote: Quoting Ace_of_Sevens:
Quote: What? Why would the corollary automatically be okay? Are we taking the position it's not okay to complement people because then it would also be okay to insult them? I think what he's saying is that saying "greenie for you" to someone is a corollary to instigating against people who disagree with the person you've given a greenie to. And on this one I gave you a piney. |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting m.cellophane: Quote: If "greenie for you" is going to become an outlawed phrase, there won't be much left that we can post without it being called "instigation". Did I suggest outlawing it, James. I don't believe that i did. I was suggesting a behavior that I thik is advisable for all of us to follow. Ask yourself this question James, when you indicate that you are giving a user a red arrow, what is your motive, is not simply the thumbs down indicator sufficient to indicate your displeasure. Are you including "red arrow for you" to instigate others to do likewise. That si why i think with perhaps a lone exception, you will not see me indicate anything other than a like or dislike, I will not publicly state whether or not I actually threw an arrow of any kind. And my use of or is in no way indicative of such a vote. | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!! CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it. Outta here
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Registered: December 10, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 3,004 |
| Posted: | | | | Not all greenies are given out over disagreements, though. Besides, this also goes back to the root problem. Disagreements over issues are not the same as personal attacks or fights. Saying you agree with one person engaged in a debate isn't attacking whoever they are debating.
If Flip says grammar is normative, Jack says it's descriptive and explains his reasoning and Floppy and Zip say they are giving greenies to to Jack, this isn't ganging up on Flip.
For the love of God, we aren't going to agree on everything. The root problem is that some members need to learn to disagree like adults. | | | Last edited: by Ace_of_Sevens |
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Registered: September 3, 2007 | Posts: 163 |
| Posted: | | | | Good grief. This is getting even more ridiculous.
Agreeing with one person is not an attack on someone with a different view point. It is just a different opinion. A compliment to one person is not an automatic insult or attack to another person. | | | |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,372 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting tiger_lil6: Quote: Good grief. This is getting even more ridiculous.
Agreeing with one person is not an attack on someone with a different view point. It is just a different opinion. A compliment to one person is not an automatic insult or attack to another person. |
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Registered: May 20, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,934 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Ace_of_Sevens: Quote: Not all greenies are given out over disagreements, though. Besides, this also goes back to the root problem. Disagreements over issues are not the same as personal attacks or fights. Saying you agree with one person engaged in a debate isn't attacking whoever they are debating.
If Flip says grammar is normative, Jack says it's descriptive and explains his reasoning and Floppy and Zip say they are giving greenies to to Jack, this isn't ganging up on Flip.
For the love of God, we aren't going to agree on everything. The root problem is that some members need to learn to disagree like adults. Ok I know who Flip, Floppy and Zip are, but who is this Jack? Now back to our regularly scheduled program |
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