Have you been censored on MacRumors?

All the ****ing time

Perhaps it was posted under the iphone forum instead of the site feedback forum such as this one.

As a long time member here, I would have guessed that you'd know how to contact the mods directly to find out their reasoning instead of starting a thread which is certain to be wastelanded and possibly worse for you.

If you have a problem or concerns: How to contact the moderators and administrators.

Was it in the wrong section of the forum?
Kinda like this one...

Because that could be why. If you stick things in the right location, and stick to the forum rules, you should be fine.

Yupp lol. Don't try to reason with the moderators by replying back...it's their site to edit as they please I don't mind it, this is a good info site and I don't troll people so I should be good....right? haha

I've been censored, I've been deleted, I've been warned, and I have had multiple time outs in the past.

However, it has been quite a while since I have run afoul the moderators and hope it stays that way!

Ah

Sometimes I can post things a little too matter of factly without consideration of users feelings and I seem to recall a moderator emailing me nicely saying they removed a post so that I could post it again but reworded. That was fine.

I had a post deleted once and I got a warning, however I did break a rule about correcting someone's spelling error so I was in the wrong. I'm actually glad they are willing to delete and warn instead of just suspending. The incident did make me re-read the rules about posting so in the end it was a good learning experience.

dukebound85 said:

I've been censored, I've been deleted, I've been warned, and I have had multiple time outs in the past.

However, it has been quite a while since I have run afoul the moderators and hope it stays that way!

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Ah yes, I for one bow to our "moderating overlords"

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aliensporebomb said:

Sometimes I can post things a little too matter of factly without consideration of users feelings and I seem to recall a moderator emailing me nicely saying they removed a post so that I could post it again but reworded. That was fine.

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Gods forbid someone's feelings get hurt!

I think things have gotten better. In the past there seemed to be some mods that took things personally and reacted viscerally. These days the mods seem much more fair and not so reactive

Yes. Never felt it was undeserved. Usually for being off-topic. All-in-all I respect the moderator's assessments.

**** No!

Edit: Now, apparently I have been

Yes, but only because I broke a rule. Nothing major though and I don't think it had any malice in the moderation at all from the mod team. They do a fine job all around as far as I can tell.

Censorship ? Is this a joke ?

You can't expect freedom of speech on a privately owned forum.

I've gotten away with a lot over the years. Rarely, I have crossed the line.. and been edited by our hard working moderators. Typically, when I have offended or strayed far enough for a mod to step in, I feel that a private message to said mod with explanation, apology, and "keep up the good work" far more effective and gratifying than starting a worthless thread about my lack of adherence to the forum rules.

Posts are not removed capriciously nor would the moderation team deem the actions as censorship as we are not looking to prohbit discussions but rather contain them within the boundaries of the rules and stated thread topics.

Posts like +1, me too, lol are frequently removed. Meme posts such as "Jobs would not have allowed this" are also removed as they add nothing to the discussion and frequently derail them.

Other posts that are off topic to the subject matter can be removed if they start derailing a thread and of course any post that violates the rules, such as a member insulting another member will be removed.

In no case do we look to stop or alter discussions, and I can say that we do not take removing a member's post lightly, in fact when in doubt we err on the conservative side and leave it.

If any member believes his post was removed without cause or wishes to dispute the action, then they should fill out the contact us form and the administrators will review the actions and respond.

Wait where did my post go????

Peace said:

Censorship ? Is this a joke ?

You can't expect freedom of speech on a privately owned forum.

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Sure you can expect it. But you won't get it.

-t

never had any problems

Yep, and for not good reasons either, imo.
Not a fan of a handful of the moderation to be honest.

Pretty much sums it up right here. PMing them back is just useless and a waste of your time. A lot of them feel that they're always 100% right about everything. They'll tell you to report it by using the link at the bottom, but nothing will happen. At the end of the day, your post was already deleted.

STiNG Operation said:

Yupp lol. Don't try to reason with the moderators by replying back...it's their site to edit as they please I don't mind it, this is a good info site and I don't troll people so I should be good....right? haha

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But I guess I have to deal with it if I want to use Macrumors.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.

A while ago someone was complaining about anoying flash add on several sites.
My post was deleted after I told him how to remove these adds...
I guess they want to keep this site free.

wordoflife said:

Not a fan of a handful of the moderation to be honest.

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Heard that, actually there are only a couple that I am not a fan of, it was a few until recently one "retired".

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Heard that, actually there are only a couple that I am not a fan of, it was a few until recently one "retired".

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The only thing is that many of them feel infallible and whenever you try to bring something up, you pretty much get blocked out from giving your opinion.

Sending a PM is useless because they refuse to believe that they might have mesed up.
Clicking "report a problem" isn't going to reverse the problem
Creating a public thread gets deleted (surprised that this one has not been, tbh)

Just my opinion. Don't get offended. I understand that the mods/admins are doing what they think is best for the overall community. Just think that the system is a tad flawed though.

That being said, I can live with it because the pros outweigh the cons when it comes to using this forum. Respect where respect is due.

just recently I got a message deleted ... I posted in the "official new member Thread"; My bad. Not really censorship; more housekeeping.
Not sure if there is any other case; not always read the crap I wrote before.