What happened to "Skinny Girls?"

[Naimfan]

So what prompted the move of the "Skinny Girls?" thread to the wasteland? Save for one posting, the thread was discussing a potentially sensitive subject in quite a civil fashion.

Just curious...

 

[redAPPLE]

without trying to provoke... would like to know what happened...

edit: why is my username in bold? is that a new privilege?

 

[yeroen]

perhaps it was sandbagged by fat chicks?

 

[iBlue]

perhaps it was sandbagged by fat chicks?

or because of rude comments such as this.

 

[Naimfan]

I ask because I read the entire thread and with a single exception, and that from a new person, it was a civilized, reasonable, and interesting discussion.

I sincerely hope we are not moving towards a forum where a single objectionable posting is sufficient to eliminate any further discussion.

 

[koobcamuk]

I ask because I read the entire thread and with a single exception, and that from a new person, it was a civilized, reasonable, and interesting discussion.

I sincerely hope we are not moving towards a forum where a single objectionable posting is sufficient to eliminate any further discussion.

Agreed. Stupid posts should be removed, or hurtful ones. I found the thread interesting.

 

[iBlue]

it might have been the general direction of the thread. it had a distinctly rude tone in several bits. probably not much worthy of deleting but just... not cool. it's not a huge surprise it got binned.

 

[skunk]

There were quite a number of -ism-riddled posts, as I recall. I don't think it was going anywhere good.

 

[Eraserhead]

Whether or not you and I think that the thread was bad. I'm sure the mods carefully considered what they wanted to do with the thread, and that before waste-landing it they discussed it between themselves. Its not our site, so we shouldn't complain too much about it.

 

[Naimfan]

Its [sic] not our site, so we shouldn't complain too much about it.

Ah, yes. "I was only following ze orders!" I'm sorry, but I find that simply incredible.

 

[Eraserhead]

Ah, yes. "I was only following ze orders!" I'm sorry, but I find that simply incredible.

Without moderation the forum would turn into the Youtube forum fairly rapidly, and that certainly isn't a good thing.

 

[iBlue]

can't please all of the people...

 

[Naimfan]

Without moderation the forum would turn into the Youtube forum fairly rapidly, and that certainly isn't a good thing.

I must have missed my suggesting that moderation is not required....

can't please all of the people...

So too many people complained about it? Good to know!

 

[iBlue]

So too many people complained about it? Good to know!

don't know but I would think so. even if no one did complain officially, it had a nasty tone to it. mods just try to balance what is questionable and sometimes it pisses people off. <shrug>

 

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