> Paul Dodd wrote “In fact, I was criticised for posting trip reports recently too”
If people like Paul Dodd and others stop posting trip reports and useful commentary on their birding adventures Birding-aus really wont be worth subscribing to! How anyone could be critical of Paul ( and others) generous details on their trips is hard to fathom!
David Taylor
On 15/04/2013, at 8:20 AM, Paul Dodd wrote:
> Hi all, > > I thought I’d stay out of this conversation thread as I can’t really abide another discussion on capitalisation and grammar – HOWEVER, when the conversation turned to bullying I felt that I had to participate. > > I have seen many postings over the years that I think are, at the very least, rude – if not stepping over the line towards bullying – I won’t give the precise examples here but they invariably occur around two topics – requests for assistance with ID, and requests for information/assistance regarding birding and birding locations, and generally these postings are from relative newcomers to the list. Oftentimes the replies are helpful and encouraging, but from time-to-time the replies are hostile. Replies to requests for ID suggesting that people have better things to do than substitute for field guides, for example. > > I see any forum (and birding-aus is a forum) as a collaborative experience – where people should be able to post a request, or post a reply, without having any fear of being attacked. To be honest, I have tended to adopt the principle that I will post trip reports and other pieces of information, but not engage in the conversations because I don’t want the grief. In fact, I was criticised for posting trip reports recently too, which makes me think that maybe I’ll stop doing that too. I should point out that in my experience, much of the bullying and criticism is offline – which I find worrying as it is covert, and we’ll never know the extent of it. > > Paul Dodd > Docklands, Victoria > > —–Original Message—– > From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Robert Inglis > Sent: Sunday, 14 April 2013 9:37 PM > To: Birding-Aus > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Mundane & useless threads > > Philip, (of Philip, Kylie, Joshua, Noah) if you feel I have bullied you in any way and particularly by responding to your previous posting (which I believe was to ask for birding advice) by correcting your spelling and bird names please accept this public apology. > I must admit I am completely unaware of how that could have happened and, if it did, I am truly sorry. > > There certainly is activity on BirdingAus from time to time which could easily be construed as “bullying” and I have sometimes felt some of it was directed at me. > A lot of the threads on BirdingAus could easily be classified as “mundane & useless” depending on your point of view but that is not a characteristic exclusive to BirdingAus; it simply reflects the society we live in. > > Forums such as BirdingAus should be places where opinions are freely expressed and argued but there is never any place for abuse and bullying. > > Bob Inglis > Sandstone Point > Qld > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== >
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