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Poll: What would you do if a ProZ.com member is not polite or even offensive towards you?
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Maria Elisa Garcia
Maria Elisa Garcia
Brazil
Local time: 17:41
English to Portuguese
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Appropriate communication. Aug 11

I would continue to be polite and kind and, with the aim of showing that we should always treat everyone well because we are a community.

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Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 22:41
French to English
. Aug 12

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

Samuel Murray wrote:

Just ignore them. Life is too short to get wound up on things like that. And unless they have been egregiously offense to an entire group of people, let the poor Staff focus on other things.


I’m not going to delve into details, but the person in question was really offensive not only to me, but also to the moderator and to others in between. Her actions resulted in an eight-day suspension.




Maria Teresa I'm just wondering whether Proz's reaction was sufficient for you? I hope you still feel safe here!
 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 22:41
French to English
. Aug 12

Samuel Murray wrote:

Just ignore them. Life is too short to get wound up on things like that. And unless they have been egregiously offense to an entire group of people, let the poor Staff focus on other things.


No, ignoring is not enough. If insults are allowed, the bully might be emboldened to go further. You may not be aware but women are harassed a lot on Internet, far more than men, and it is not acceptable here any more than in real life. And this stuff does sometimes spill over into real life. We are posting here with our real names, making us easy to find. And even for those posting under obviously fake names, why should they be subjected to insults? Maria Teresa posts here regularly and has always been polite and kind, she does not deserve to be insulted and such behaviour is not worthy of a professional forum. Women need to feel safe on professional and other websites.

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Korana Lasić
Korana Lasić  Identity Verified
Member
Serbian to English
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May I ask what happened? Aug 12

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:

I admit that I had never thought about it, but a recent incident forced me to think about it, and so I proposed this Quick Poll. In my case, I used all of the above.
Did someone abuse and threaten you in private messages? Why on Earth did it come to that? Is it someone new? I do apologise if I'm too nosy, please feel free to tell me to mind my own business. I'm surprised that someone would target you in this way!
 
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