So the other day I had to deal with a hissy fit.
I'm the administrator of a small face book page for the Red Deer River Naturalists. The page was set up as an exchange of information and photos on anything to do with natural history. There are now close to 2000 excellent photos on the page. It's a closed group so you have to be approved by the administrator. Wow! We don't want hookers any other sales people. So keep it to the topic.
Yesterday, an information piece comparing the Alberta Tar Sands to Mordor was posted. Somebody got in a flap and claimed this post wasn't suitable for the face book page. Very quickly others piled on this person and defended the Tars Sands piece.
The complainant reported the post to the administrator..me! What do I do? There's a big bar across the page saying that there was a complaint about a post. I didn't want this negative info on the front page.
So I had to wade into the rhubarb which is dangerous. Everybody can sometimes end up piling on you.
The big bad bar remained. How do I get rid of it? If you click on the bar you will be given three choices. One is to get rid of the bar.
Most times when an inappropriate comment is made people will ignore it. I'm not sure why it wasn't ignored yesterday and why it blew up.
Today it's all quiet on the Red Deer River Naturalist's face book page.
Oh yikes. I'm not into mediating squabbles either. My guess is it doesn't happen too often on your page and you can have relative peace. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteThis is the only time there has been a disagreement. Naturalists are usually very pleasant people.
DeletePeople can be very nasty nowadays, make a fuzz about the smallest things. We call them "People with a short fuse" in dutch. Don't know the translation is correct, but hope you understand the meaning.
ReplyDeleteWe use short fuse too. This site is for naturalists and they are usually very mellow.
DeleteAre there guidelines for what can be posted? If not, perhaps a written policy needs to be passed.
ReplyDeleteWe do have guidelines at the top of the page. we are also a very well known group.
DeleteThis is funny. I was removed from a bird page for insisting that studies on cats grabbing birds are wrong, unreliable and invalid. Seriously. Heaven forbid one has a discussion! sigh. How's the shoulder?
ReplyDeleteYou nasty woman!!! As much as we sometimes don't like to consider other points of view , we have to think about the other side.
Delete"comparing the Alberta Tar Sands to Mordor" - Red Deer River Naturalists - Sounds to me like the truth in pictures hurts some . What is more natural than Alberta Tar sands and water. When it rains it all leaches into the ground and then into ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, etc Any kind of animal or human can react to poisoned land and water, so Bravo to the buy that allowed the photo. Life isn't always so pretty and then theres's that free speech thing. I know and understand that most of your photos on this page are probably "pretty nice" and not alarming, but on the other hand, those pretty pictures may one day not exist with all the damage that is happening around us. We have tar sands in Nova Scotia and after all these years, everything there is still contaminated?? Appropriate or not on the facebook page, the comment and photo got lots of attention, eh. Good Man Red, well handled.
ReplyDeleteAs usual, you consider the whole picture. I can't understand what this guy was getting at. I don't know who he is so maybe he's a guy who promotes the tar sand.
DeleteI haven't heard anybody say "hissy fit" since I was a child! I used to hear it said by some of the old folks around where my Mother was raised in North Carolina.
ReplyDeleteI hear hissy fit all the time. Apparently it showed up in the late 40's
DeleteOh, brother. It can be a drag to be in charge, can't it? Why did this person think the post was inappropriate -- just because he didn't agree with it? Or was there something genuinely problematic (i.e. obscene or offensive) about it?
ReplyDeleteThe post was fine. I think he may have been a supporter of big oil and was wanting to scare us away..
DeleteHeavy the head that wears the crown, or in this case the administrator of a face book page.
ReplyDeleteHey , this was the first little tiff so no worries.
DeleteThe article touched someone's political hot button.
ReplyDeleteI've thrown a hissy fit or two in my adult life time. If the cause is worthy, I see no problem with calling it out.
You're right about this one. I think he wanted people to back off of this topic.
DeleteGiven that you're a lot closer to the tar sands (and the jobs that for some reason go along with it), it would be a political hot button that would touch nerves.
ReplyDeleteI think that's exactly what happened. We've also recently set up a carbon tax.
DeleteI don't envy you that position. It's such a drag when you are the one having to deal with 'hissy fits' or try to manage them. It's unbelievable how quickly people loset control of themselves when they don't agree with something. State your opinion in a reasonable manner and move on.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first issue on this page so it's not out of hand. If somebody is out of line I would defriend them.
Deletepeople on line can get very bent out of shape very quickly. and things get nasty. that's why i don't facebook or use twitter or... blogging is a much friendlier world. :)
ReplyDeleteYou're one of the few people to use the great term "bent out of shape"
DeleteThis has been the only tiff so that's not anything to complain about.
Sometimes you can't make anyone happy I think with what is posted on facebook pages like this. I belong to one for the town I live in and if someone posts something positive, they'll get negative comments about that and vice versa; I admire the administrators on such a page to try to keep things under control.
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I don't know anything about what to do, but I do know that facebook has become a hateful place during this election process. I can't even read a happy story without running across a hate filled comment...it's ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteThis is a natural history page so it's a fairly positive group.
DeleteI am the admin for a group too, a local group with "stuff" for sale. I just delete anyone that causes a rucuss or has a hissy fit. :)
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard that phrase for ages, but I remember it from years earlier. We are showing our age, I guess, Red. I think you did just fine by removing the banner and letting the brouhaha die down. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhew, crisis resolved! I've seen a few hissy fits in my time. Don't envy you!
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought that only divas threw hissy fits. I am also in the minority of folks who don't use Facebook and also agree that bloggers seem much friendlier. Glad your issue was resolved.
ReplyDeleteTwitter is a nick pick place. Yikes. I am on face book for family and friends but I notice most of mine write me private messages kind to me.
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