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Originally Posted by Elise Hempel
I agree with Jeanne and Nemo and Shaun. What I don't understand, then, is why I've seen poets get scolded for not accepting crits. And why there's a guideline (if there is one) of no vanity postings if that guideline can't be enforced and can't even be distinguished from non-vanity positings.
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It's part and parcel of a community. There's no censorship here, really, beyond the (relatively lax)
ad hom policy. In other words, some people are going to post some things, and other people are going to post other things...and that's just the nature of discourse, plain and simple. If a poet is scolded for not accepting a crit, so be it. It's probably not going to be a moderator doing the scolding, unless it becomes an "issue." And there's no rule against snark. Seriously, people can snark away.
I guess I don't really understand what the complaint is. Are you suggesting that mods should crack down more on potential vanity posts? Or that there should be no guideline (or mods) at all? I know you've expressed elsewhere that you don't think mods should be commenting on poems, but what is the core of your concern?