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A Moderator is deleting my posts.
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Sun Baked said:
Yes, that's the best approach. If you have issues take it up with the people that actually might have done the deletion and not make it a public spectacle. There are so many posts that get deleted, you might be surprised. And it could have been for many reasons, spam, response to spam (that's a big one) or something rude.
Usually, when a post is deleted, its left there for the mods to see - in this case its not. I can't find it and it might have been permanently removed, sorry.
So relax and move on. You have any questions, I'd suggest pm'ing the other mods and see if they remember.
Like I said, this really isn't a public topic. Lighten up - if you didn't get a response or reason for the deletion, try not to worry about it. There is so much crap we have to take care of daily, the last thing I'm going to worry about is if someone gets a reason we did something to one of their posts. Do you think we like spending time cleaning up the mess?
Bleh,
D
I've had posts deleted before, quite surprised as they were little things and no great rants/abusive comments.
Surpose if a mod gets up in a mood...
Surpose if a mod gets up in a mood...
Flowbee said:
Jeez people, get off his back. Almost everyone here seems to be on a "bash MyMemory" kick.
Granted, a number of his posts aren't the most tasteful of things, but please, let's stop provoking him. It has got to be hard to have so many MR members putting him down.
"He who is without sin....."
sethypoo said:
I'm not sure how my comment was "bashing" mymemory. Starting a thread to publicly criticize the mods is generally a no-no here. Disputes with the mods should be handled in private. He's been around long enough to know that.
Given his history of starting many inflammatory (and wastelanded) threads, I honestly believe he's lucky to still have account here. Just an observation.
....Cast the first stone.sethypoo said:"He who is without sin....."
Just to finish your quote.
A Modest Rant on Forum Censorship (not an attack, just my opinion)
I don't see what the point is in deleting any posts really. If people want to be 'naughty', let them. If they don't want to be, it's just as well. Besides, where do I find this list of things that are 'universally appropriate'? I'd like to be exposed to it before I spend my spare time writing a reply that is just going to be deleted.
My biggest complaint is when it comes to giving a critque on creative works. If you're honest with somebody, and you say to them, 'Sorry, not sure how else to word this - I think it's rubbish. You should change this, etc.', then the post will be deleted because it's 'negative', even if you provide them with evidence supporting your opinion.
So then what? Should we lie to each other and just say 'Oh yeah! You just defined the word 'perfection' - don't work harder, you're there already!' all the time?
And what about the people that come on and 'mac bash'? They get banned. However, all of the mac zealots can go around bashing 'Micro$oft' and 'Dull' as much as they can (and without a logical basis for their arguments - I might add). So why the double-standards?
If you're honestly offended by a few simple words or the fact that somebody doesn't agree with you - do us all a favor; evolve or remove yourself from the realm of physical existence.
Mr. Anderson, with all due respect - I believe it is a public issue (the entire picture at least). Censorship is never good. I agree that there are obviously things most people would take offense to, but you know what? - That's life. You agree or disagree and move on. There's no point in pretending something doesn't exist when you know it does. Hell, there's no point in being offended at all, to be honest.
Granted, you may not like it. Also noted, you have the power to 'rid' the forums of 'it' (whatever that may be). However, it's pretty childish to do so.
The forum can have rules to cover their own asses. For example: 'no links to warez' or whatever. I can understand that. But when it comes to a mod removing something he doesn't agree with? That's called 'censorship'. And don't try to justify it as something else.
Anyway, that's just what I think about it. It probably won't change anything, but hopefully you guys realize that there are those of us that can 'handle reality' and decide what we see for ourselves - rather than have the world 'cleansed' for our assumed benefit.
Have a happy.
I don't see what the point is in deleting any posts really. If people want to be 'naughty', let them. If they don't want to be, it's just as well. Besides, where do I find this list of things that are 'universally appropriate'? I'd like to be exposed to it before I spend my spare time writing a reply that is just going to be deleted.
My biggest complaint is when it comes to giving a critque on creative works. If you're honest with somebody, and you say to them, 'Sorry, not sure how else to word this - I think it's rubbish. You should change this, etc.', then the post will be deleted because it's 'negative', even if you provide them with evidence supporting your opinion.
So then what? Should we lie to each other and just say 'Oh yeah! You just defined the word 'perfection' - don't work harder, you're there already!' all the time?
And what about the people that come on and 'mac bash'? They get banned. However, all of the mac zealots can go around bashing 'Micro$oft' and 'Dull' as much as they can (and without a logical basis for their arguments - I might add). So why the double-standards?
If you're honestly offended by a few simple words or the fact that somebody doesn't agree with you - do us all a favor; evolve or remove yourself from the realm of physical existence.
Mr. Anderson, with all due respect - I believe it is a public issue (the entire picture at least). Censorship is never good. I agree that there are obviously things most people would take offense to, but you know what? - That's life. You agree or disagree and move on. There's no point in pretending something doesn't exist when you know it does. Hell, there's no point in being offended at all, to be honest.
Granted, you may not like it. Also noted, you have the power to 'rid' the forums of 'it' (whatever that may be). However, it's pretty childish to do so.
The forum can have rules to cover their own asses. For example: 'no links to warez' or whatever. I can understand that. But when it comes to a mod removing something he doesn't agree with? That's called 'censorship'. And don't try to justify it as something else.
Anyway, that's just what I think about it. It probably won't change anything, but hopefully you guys realize that there are those of us that can 'handle reality' and decide what we see for ourselves - rather than have the world 'cleansed' for our assumed benefit.
Have a happy.
Scottyk9 said:
Just in case you were not kidding, It was a Bible verse... But i understand you joke.
I just want to respond to this.crachoar said:
If you critique someones work, you dont need to say hes perfect and its ok, if you tell him what should be changed IN YOUR OPINION. But is it really needed that you call his work rubbish first? You can tell him that YOU dont like it for these and those reasons, but insulting him or his work is inappropriate in every case.
Blue Velvet said:
Have read that a few times since coming on board.
Struck me funny that there is great latitude on the instantly bannable offenses.
Quite a few I imagine, but they're the OMG FREE iPOD/Mac Mini/Whatever spammers. It's rare to see an actual member get banned.Lacero said:
Lacero said:
A lot more than there used to be - go to wasteland and you'll see. Its basically the spammers and their free stuff that gets banned. Only rarely do regular members step over the line.
D
Chip NoVaMac said:
This seems to be particularly true on the political board were things can tend to get heated rather quickly. I'll admit that I've stepped into a pile of it, and got myself temporarily banned. Which actually s*cked, since it happened during the middle of a hurricane, and I couldn't post anywhere....ah well.
<rant>
Just as a point of note, I do dislike the feeling I got when I was reading thru the Monkey thread. It very much looked like a witch hunt against mymemory going on by our distinguished regular members. That's not appropiate either, and thankfully was wastelanded.
</rant>
relimw said:
Yeah, but there was a more recent example in the regular MR forums that a member specifically used the top bannable phrase, and their posts and the ones that followed were quietly deleted, and that is all that seems to have happened. It just struck me odd.
Mr. Anderson said:
Would anyone mind telling me why for example Captaincaveman was banned? I saw his last posts a couple of weeks ago and saw that he was banned. I just thought this to be odd since I didn't remember him as being offensive, though that may change from post to post, I understand that.
Diatribe said:
Actually I think the reasons that a particular user was banned should be between the user and the mod; unless the user is given the ability to defend themselves (but that makes the point of banning someone moot).
Chip NoVaMac said:
I guess you're right, it's just always weird when somebody with 600+ posts gets banned, at least to me
Just to tell you, he had 338. But hen ever had informative posts, and always cut down peoples opinions. ANd spammed quit often. He was banned for about 2 weeks and isn't anymore. He still hasn't got back on.Diatribe said:I guess you're right, it's just always weird when somebody with 600+ posts gets banned, at least to me
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Diatribe said:I guess you're right, it's just always weird when somebody with 600+ posts gets banned, at least to me
Or someone that has many more than that and may be a financial contributer. (To that end I understand, but even a symbolic temp ban would give a clear message as to the rules)
jackieonasses said:
Weird. When I saw that had been banned I thought I had seen a tar...
I checked now and he neither has a tar nor is he banned now...
Either I am getting old or there are strange things happening here. Go hide the kids...