On Mon, 30 Oct 2017, Sam Hartman wrote: > 3) Similar to 2. I don't think you can take off any hats you do have > when sending such mails. If you have a role in our account, > antiharassment, conduct, listmaster, moderation, or other related > processes, you can't really ever give that up when talking to people > about conduct. People will hear, and to some large extent should hear > your message with the hat, even if you intend it without the hat. > > And so, I think you need to take the same level of responsibility and > care for anything unofficial that you would for something more > official, because it's subject to the same potential for abuse.
Taking care and responsibility is appropriate (and I believe everyone in these difficult roles does so.) However, taking the same level of care and responsibility would necessitate running any message I send by all of the other team members before sending it.[1] That would mean I'll never point out sub-optimal behavior until it reaches a level which is bad enough that it's worth wasting everyone else's time to craft such a warning. [Usually after multiple complaints.] Instead, I just Cc: everyone else who is on the role so they know what I've said, and can act if there's abuse. 1: At least, when I want to speak with my listmaster@ or owner@ hat on, that's what I do. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you really want to test his character, give him power. -- Abraham Lincoln