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So, the suicide thread got deleted? Please read regarding political/religious threads
sheesh.
Ok. Let's start an oil thread.
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Unbelievable -- I guess it was just too interesting....
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I've never really complained about the moderation here. I just figure it's their house, so be it.
But............... Guess I better shut up. Don't wanna get banned. So, what ya think about Delo oil in diesels?
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Yeah, I deleted it, wanna talk about it?
It was even assumed in the thread that it was probably not appropriate for this forum. I noted it was there, but decided to leave it for a short while. I am starting to think about this a little: What if I would allow a couple political or religion threads at a time with the agreement that you can post on them for a day or two, then I delete it? Does that work for anyone, or a poor compromise? If flaming/shouting breaks out, it gets deleted right away, if it's kept civil it may remain a little longer. If I note it's always the same person flaming/shouting, it might have an impact on your longevity as a member. And I realize the whiners are just as big of a problem as the instigators, I do try to look at this objectively, everyone is just going to have to get along, so this time I may have to consider taking into account that certain people are more sensitve to being shouted at and suggest they don't participate in OD if they are too thin-skinned. But I don't want to have alot of political/religious threads, just a FEW at a time, with the understanding that for no apparent reason (probably just my gut reaction to the general direction the thread is going, in otherwords when it starts to get "ugly") the thread will be deleted, and also remember I am taking NOTES on if it's always the same person who gets uncivil. And also let's keep it to THREE total threads to see how it goes, if it goes over that I will delete whichever one I feel like to keep it to that.
If it's not working out, I will "throw a flag" on it so you all know. Gilly
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WOW!
Never saw a thread get ressurected like this. I deleted this myself. Yeah, I'm the guilty party on this one(in part anyway). But I guess maybe we should define what constitutes a "religous discussion". It was basically generic, and only used as a reference point. I didn't see any kind of this religion or that religion-type thing that has caused the problems before. Hey, I'll play by the rules, whatever you decide. I'm on your side(mostly). Just as long as we know what the rules are.
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Just my opinion, but thread was not political at all and only mildly religious. I'm certain the thread starter didn't intend for it to become religious at all. The discussion was interesting, informative and quite civil. I saw no problem with it, but of course have no idea if you had received complaints.
Also, just a suggestion, but how about locking rather than deleting and adding a brief commentary, such as "thread locked -- getting unruly" or "locked -- inappropriate topic". Once folks here see that pattern, they'll have a better idea where the lines are drawn. Sorry for the interruption -- carry on... |
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However, there is a problem when you simply go and delete the thread. My problem with it is that I have no idea of what the transgression was. So, I am left in a quandry of what is acceptable to post and what is not acceptable to post. Furthermore, I am very annoyed that all of the effort put into the individual posts in the thread is now gone. This has occurred in the DD with a thread on what is inside typical oil filters. It was a fantastic thread and quite long. Two individuals stepped down to insulting each other and the entire thread was deleted. This is grossly unfair to every other member who posted on the thread. It would be highly beneficial for you to note a specific offending post with the note "moderator objects" or similar, and then lock the thread. Then, everyone can see where you are coming from and all the guesses as to what is appropriate and what is not are eliminated. Furthermore, the posts that are not offensive, and valuable, are retained. |
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I was under the apparently mistaken impression that Republicans and Democrats, Christians and Atheists all died. My apologies.
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Well, if we continue to go 'round and 'round about this, I predict the Open Discussion forum will be deleted again.
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I thought that the policy of no political or religeous threads meant none !! Now it means some ! Yeah, I give it a week and it'll be so out of hand OD will be history.
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My style isn't to lock threads, I don't want locked or "dead" threads, so I will stick with my original offer. You can get as unruly as you want, it won't be around much anyways. The more unruly, the shorter the time. To me it's sort of like collecting "junk" anyways, if I save it or it stays around, eventually it just falls to the bottom of the heap anyways. WHO is going to benefit later from it anyways? It's different with a tech post. Right now if say there are a bunch of pre-election posts from several months ago, WHO goes back and looks at that junk? SAME for "what is the best lawnmower" threads or some other such trivial stuff. Keep things in perspective, WHO CARES 6 months from now about a political debate on OD? No one. Gilly
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Be honest now, you made up that word , didn't you!! |
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