A Moderator is deleting my posts.

[Chip NoVaMac]

I typed "Free iPod" in the search bar, and I got a wastelanded thread in the results, but only one. And a bunch of non-wastelanded threads complaining about wastelanded threads advertising free iPods.

My bad, should have thought of doing that myself. But it does illustrate why I think spam threads should be deleted right off the bat.

 

[Rower_CPU]

My bad, should have thought of doing that myself. But it does illustrate why I think spam threads should be deleted right off the bat.

But then we mods have no way of re-finding such threads without a manual search. If vBulletin allowed mods to search deleted posts we'd have no problem deleting more than we do now.

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

But then we mods have no way of re-finding such threads without a manual search. If vBulletin allowed mods to search deleted posts we'd have no problem deleting more than we do now.

Maybe I am misunderstanding how vBulletin works. I was reffering to deleting a offending spam thread all together, not sending it to the Wasteland.

 

[mkrishnan]

But then we mods have no way of re-finding such threads without a manual search. If vBulletin allowed mods to search deleted posts we'd have no problem deleting more than we do now.

I'm guessing, not knowing vBulletin that well, that the issue is also in part that, at least with mymemory, it is replies that are being deleted and not entire threads? I don't suppose you can exactly wasteland a reply. And I'm not sure leaving truly offensive stuff in Wasteland is a good idea. The mods here really go one step above and beyond the call of duty to wasteland the iPod posts with the links censored out.

But I still think that when real, non free-iPod members get banned, that some brief notification to the community, without a lot of discussion, is better than letting people stew and letting bad feelings fester without any comment on the issue....

 

[Rower_CPU]

Here's a brief overview of the way the forum software works:

When posts are deleted they can be either physically removed from the database or the can be hidden from non-mods/admins. We usually elect to do the latter so that a record of the activity still exists. However, unless we document the thread/post number, the search function does not allow us to find these posts at a later date.

So, for the purposes of cataloging spam/trolls/etc., deleting threads isn't the best solution for us running the forums. Wastelanding and editing the posts removes any benefit to the spammer/troll and allows us to re-find the threads/posts at a later date if need be.

Make sense?