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Can't see the point of posting these things though if you aren't going to allow replies!

I try so hard to be a good girl, but have more fun when I'm being a naughty girl

In some cases, to misquote Jack Nicholson at 1:38 "They can't handle the truth". I have had several replies hidden, usually because I point out the bleeding obvious, which bursts their little bubble.

I have the perfect accent for conflict resolution, shame about the personality.
What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. - Christopher Hitchens

smile... Me too, as if they write and post it, surly they should allow all to reply.

The highest fences we have to climb, are those we have built within our mind

People who moderate groups may want to be more specific, and people who write weblogs (especially when it's a sensitive subject) may want to be more specific, because it may feel like a more personal space to them.

My own home feels like a very personal space, and most of the time I'm quite picky about who I allow in (though when there's a wild party going on ...)

It is possible of course to use powers of moderating or inviting to surround yourself only with people you agree with, sycophantic followers. But there are plenty of other possible reasons.

"Wisdom begins in wonder” (Socrates)
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" (Albert Einstein)
Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/226772/

I find it really annoying, I mean really really annoying, and wonder if some people don't end up getting unpleasant memo's because they are in fact stupid cunts.

How about that for contentious?

Surely anyone who has been on IC for any length of time should have developed the hide of rhinoceros?

Edited 6 Feb 12, 11:44 AM by tallulahme

Compared to some sites, Popbitch and Mumsnet for example, IC is generally quite gentle by comparison.

I have the perfect accent for conflict resolution, shame about the personality.
What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. - Christopher Hitchens

You? (you @bohnanza)

Stating the bleeding obvious? and bursting their little bubble? gasp... *surely* not... laughing hysterically!!!

There's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he turns out to be, someone to watch over me
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood, I know I could always be good, to one who'll watch over me (Ella Fitzgerald, singing George Gershwin)

I have just been on Mumsnet. Have a read anyone and please tell me if there really isn't seriously a case here for advocating eugenics.

Are these people really allowed to have babies, I mean really?

Oh dear - not quite sure how to take that.

I can see that it might be annoying if you can't comment on a weblog, or even worse if your comment is deleted (hidden) after you've been to the trouble of writing it in the expectation that it would be published. I do think it would be better if people who intend to "moderate" a weblog would publish their "moderation policy" as part of the OP, so others know whether or not to bother replying. Sometimes people have an innate sense of appropriateness and self-censor their replies, e.g. if someone is obviously upset by the loss of a dear one, even the most pernickety grammar correctors tend to hold off.

As for me being a rounded and grounded person (based on my IC posting persona), I do try, but don't always get it right. Maybe I should try to live up to my better efforts more often.

I do think there are pachyderms on IC, but there are also people of gentler dispositions and finer sensitivities; in fact I think virtually everyone has areas and/or times when they're a bit vulnerable. Some may find certain sorts of post on their weblog as annoying as others find the inability to post as and where they want!

Congratulations again by the way.

"Wisdom begins in wonder” (Socrates)
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" (Albert Einstein)
Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/226772/

Edited 6 Feb 12, 1:20 PM by wonderer

yes a fair amount of people are thick-skinned enough - but not all are

Then what do they/should they do if their blog is hijacked

for me it would just be c'est la vie.....but I could just see why that would be irritating

Of course - once you allow an OP to remove that, then they have the option of bending a discussion

Such is life

Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha said "with our thoughts, we make the world"......well I bet he never had to build a flippin' shed!
Now listen...I did not "submit" my latest project - I THRUST it upon you...with great fury and vengeance...and stuff - alright?!?