RTBTCKI (OMG It's snowing again edition)

[puppetmaker]

Yep, we awoke this morning to big ol’ fluffy flakes falling from the sky and coating grass and untreated surfaces with yet another layer of the white stuff. Eventually it is going to turn to rain and then to snow again. Peter did a pretty silly parody of the current Old Spice commercial using rain/snow ending with “I’m on a drift”. To which I whistled the Old Spice theme.

I am getting Caroline ready to go off to school and it is interesting to see how much has changed in a short year. Last year she needed help getting her tights and leggings into place but this year she prefers to do it herself and she does it quite well. She has a routine in place and moves from point A to point B and by 8:50 she is ready to go to the bus. She can watch the clock and figure out where she needs to be in her routine be ready in time.

OK now the snow has gone to a very nasty snow/sleet/rain combination. I bundled Caroline up against the elements and gave her sneakers to change into when she gets to school. I flashed back to my mom doing the same thing for me when we lived in Boston.

Our plans for the day are not happening. There is just too much weather strangeness going on. So I think I am going to run a few errands this morning but stick close to the homestead. Or just stay in because it is vicious out there and doing some stuff around the house, still vacillating between the two.

If someone owns a website or a social networking site, that person or company gets to determine what will and will not be allowed on the site. I know it sounds strange but even though we have the global neighborhood of the Internet, each site is more like a business or one’s own house and private property. So when someone or the company decides that they are changing the rules because they don’t like something on their property, it is their call to make. Most of us are just visiting that site. We don’t’ “live” there and have to live with the legal implications of what is on the site. I just wish that more denizens of the web would realize this rather that shout first amendment at things that have nothing to do with the first amendment which doesn’t apply to the law in other countries. Peter has a pretty open door policy about his website. I can only think of a couple of instances where we had to shut something down and one where the webmaster came up with a clever way of dealing with someone who just won’t follow the rules.

Also if someone is the creator/owner of say a Yahoo group, then they have the final say in what the group is about. Trying to change (or forget yet again) the rules to suit your own needs is just not cricket. And honestly, I think she is being way too polite. If I were moderating, you would be one of the few people that I would have punted to the curb about two months ago. Everyone else has learned how to work within the structure, I am sorry that you haven’t.

I am so very grateful for all the people on the Internet who get the need to follow the rules.

Comments

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

The parallel is hotels. They are open to the public, and they have public spaces where even people who aren't staying at the hotel are allowed to go.

However, the hotel has the right to eject people who are being disruptive, destructive, dangerous, or otherwise offensive.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

That is a better comparison. Websites and social networks are like hotels with public and private space.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

You have my permission to do so.

Kath

[readinggeek451]

I woke up (late) to puddles everywhere. They're predicting more rain for later, changing to snow by mid-afternoon. And I work tonight. Joy. We're not expected to get more than an inch and a half here, but tomorrow morning's commute could be...interesting.

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

Our Internet spaces are out virtual homes. Don't treat someone in this home you wouldn't treat someone in your real home, nor should you treat someone else's virtual home as your home. The door may be open, but that doesn't give you carte blanche.

You treat your hosts and the other guests with respect and respect their rules.

Period.