FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

[sharon sanders]

Hi Everyone!

We have begun our Pandemic Communication Plan due to the Level 5 announced by WHO.

Part of this plan calls for automatic suspension for those participants who do not follow the rules at FT. It is a 30 day suspension.

We delayed starting this phase of our plan to determine if it was necessary. We have determined that it is. In the past 3 weeks we have seen bashing behaviors. This is not tolerated here. Also, some new users have decided to challenge some of our long standing rules against discussing violence, war, politics, religion, etc.

If you log on and can not post, you are one of these users and have been contacted by a moderator(s) several times previously. If you feel this is in error please contact me at ftcom@embarqmail.com

We are not going to change our rules or our culture here.

We need our energy to provide meaningful and pertinent information to the world.

We are a family here. We are most productive in a kind and loving environment. This is what we need.

How can we promote dignity for all peoples and all cultures if we do not practice this here?

We believe in the human spirit, that compassion, kindness, and understanding are the keys to surviving what we are facing.

It starts here. With each other.


"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."


Mohandas Gandhi

[Shannon Bennett]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

Thank you Florida1. We know the paradigm works well.

[Sally Furniss]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

Techniques to cope with stress or help others cope with stress can be found in this forum

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=959

[Rocky]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

Florida, you and the mods do a wonderful job of keeping this forum civil.

You are covering a topic that the whole world needs information on, and though the subject is enough to make most people pull their hair and scream in frustration, I've never found any forum as informative and open to the public as yours...

thank you for letting me be a part in the unfolding future...

Rocky

[gsgs]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

who was banned/suspended recently ?

more censorship, sigh.
more bannings, sigh.

those who are banned here, please goto other boards.
Most tolerant is ......................
but there are strange people there...and it's not primarily about flu

here is an old list of other forums and blogs:

http://www.setbb.com/fluwiki2/viewtopic.php?t=139&mforum=fluwiki2

needs to be updated

[Sally Furniss]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

bump this

[sharon sanders]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

who was banned/suspended recently ?

more censorship, sigh.
more bannings, sigh.

those who are banned here, please goto other boards.
Most tolerant is ......................
but there are strange people there...and it's not primarily about flu

here is an old list of other forums and blogs:

http://www.setbb.com/fluwiki2/viewtopic.php?t=139&mforum=fluwiki2

needs to be updated

We do not discuss users.

[Lizw]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

Although I'm new here, I moderate many other mailing lists and forums. Each has its own purpose, and when people post messages that fall outside that purpose, someone has to step in and get the discussions back on track. That's not censorship any more than calling a face-to-face meeting back to its stated purpose would be censorship. There are reasons for having rules, besides just enforcing ordinary civility. One of them is to keep discussions from being sidetracked by peripheral issues that don't pertain to the group. I applaud Florida1 and the other moderators for doing such a good job here.

[prepdeb]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

The sensible rules and enforcement of them is what keeps this site a pleasant, safe place to visit.

I've found this site to be the most informative, friendly place on the internet. It's a place I always feel it's safe to land.

In my opinion, the subject matter provides enough drama without off-topic issues that stir people to behave inappropriately.

I appreciate this site and everyone here.

[gsgs]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

you could move to other rooms ("dungeon") instead of deleting\editing
you could restrict access to certain rooms instead of a full ban

[Science Teacher]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

I am 100% in support of the Pandemic Communication Plan.
It makes good sense!

[Michael Coston]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

I agree wholeheartedly.

There are thousands of other venues on the Internet where conspiracy theories, along with violence, war, politics, and religion can be debated.


Preventing that sort of activity here isn't censorship. It's just good stewardship.

And that is what makes working with FT a pleasure.

Many thanks to Florida1 and the others who work so hard to make FT what it is.

[gsgs]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

it boils down to being banned for "bashing" niman or posting links
to other forums or disagreeing about probability estimates
or virus-names or such

ahh, sorry, I forgot "trolling"

[sharon sanders]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

it boils down to being banned for "bashing" niman or posting links
to other forums or disagreeing about probability estimates
or virus-names or such

ahh, sorry, I forgot "trolling"

No. You do these things and you have full posting privileges.

[wotan]

Re: FluTrackers Begins Pandemic Communication Plan

We have begun our Pandemic Communication Plan due to the Level 5 announced by WHO.

I looked around the site and couldn't find anything about the Pandemic Communication Plan (in conjunction with FT). Is it documented somewhere that I just haven't found? I assume it is more than increasing enforcement of the forum's rules.