Proposed acquisition of Hummy.tv

[Black Hole]

It comes from being from a certain generation!

 

[Wallace]

Agreed, leave public.

 

[MontysEvilTwin]

Agree. He posted it in public, serves him right!

I concur: if you post in a public forum you can't expect confidentiality after the fact.

Mice? You've got it wrong - we do the experiments on them!

I doubt if Frankie and Benjy would agree with you.

 

[prpr]

It comes from being from a certain generation!

I was referring to the bowl of petunias. But if one has to explain it...

 

[Black Hole]

Double-entente.




I wonder if it will be friendly?

 

[Ezra Pound]

Dillon has emailed me and asked for this thread to be removed, let me know what you all think

Message to Dillon : You tend to learn something from most experiences in life and I'm sure next time your take-over strategy will be a lot more subtle, but you also have to pay the price for each experience, e.g. possibly getting your fingers burnt in public

 

[MikeSh]

Dillon has emailed me and asked for this thread to be removed, let me know what you all think.

There might be a case for locking it, though I suspect it will die a natural death quite soon anyway. But I'd say 'no' to deletion, it might be instructive to others who have the same idea.

 

[RobH1]

The thread should remain.

 

[RobH1]

If anybody takes over it should be a consortium of forum elders.

That's you out then BH, I thought you were one of the BYTs.

 

[Black Hole]

See the Glossary (click), entry BYTs

 

[kevindickinson]

Appears Dillon is only 17 years old

https://waindigo.org/members/dillon-lawrence.408/

Does that change the view on responsibility and removal? I'm not sure?

He made the wrong approach but should we be coaching rather than chastising?

On balance I'd personally have removed the post but understand all the points made.





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[Black Hole]

We found that out in post 38, and subsequent discussion has been on that basis.

 

[kevindickinson]

We found that out in post 38, and subsequent discussion has been on that basis.

Sorry BH had missed that post.

It's got me thinking about responsibility and posting on the internet, through forums, twitter, Facebook etc.

We often don't know the age of participants and at what age should they be held responsible?

I'm feeling like a mouse in a cage!

 

[Black Hole]

IMO anyone posting as if to give the impression of being responsible is responsible for their own posts. It's not like there is any criminal liability (unless the posts are of a criminal nature of course), the worst that can happen is that a few feelings get hurt - and in this nanny-state day and age, maybe that's not such a bad idea.

Simple rule: look before you leap.

 

[kevindickinson]

Good point

I'd not really given this much thought before but I guess it's a mix of severity and age.

I do think we have a duty to protect those who don't understand the consequences of their actions.

In this case it's fairly trivial but he has posted his personal email address.

We would I assume remove a post where a minor posted his home address for example.

So some nannying is needed.

I don't think we can assume someone is responsible for their actions just because they give the impression they are.

But I'm also not sure how else we could determine appropriate level responsibility.

As an aside surely he could just edit the post to remove the content?

 

[RobH1]

See the Glossary (click), entry BYTs

I knew that, but as you are my hero and role model (cough!), I thought it was an appropriate comment.

 

[RobH1]

We often don't know the age of participants and at what age should they be held responsible?

I'm 66 and sometimes make a pratt of myself by posting before thinking it through. Can I be excused because I'm at the opposite end of the age scale?

 

[Trev]

As an aside surely he could just edit the post to remove the content?

That would make the rest of the thread meaningless, so should be removed if the OP edits his post out.
@RobH1. Youngster!

 

[prpr]

That would make the rest of the thread meaningless, so should be removed if the OP edits his post out.

I've now preserved it in my first post in this thread.

 

[Black Hole]

Not meaningless - the title would still be there, and the context can be figured out,