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Don't let Mud-Club go the pay <Name Removed> went!
Hightower:
--- Quote from: "EvilEd" ---But he never put anything Illegal on that post...!
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But that's the point, he didn't have to.
You only need one disgruntled member who finds their child accessing dodgy content that was linked through a Mud Club post and you have a complaint on your hands. Depending on how dodgy that content is and the feelings of that parent it could go further.
I for one am glad that this kind of moderation takes place and, like Eeyore and others, applaud their efforts.
datalas:
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The post that was deleted from Mikee can be seen as "loss of free speech" but then it can also be seen potential to upset people and create an argument. Mikee didnt kick off so the rest of us shoudl not too. This thread has proved we can all have a dam good debate about this.
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Just to point out, the post wasn't deleted, it can still be seen.. :)
Ironically we're being accused of heavy handedness and going the way that many a forum and club has gone before. However, locking a thread is by no means the same as deleting it. The only case where a post is ever edited is where it's content is deemed to be sufficiently offensive to remove particular words etc. Most of this is done automatically.
If a post *is* offensive, or is complained about and there isn't a simple way of converting the language contained within to something which won't offence then it may be deleted. This is the only case under which a moderator has the right to delete a post, and even then it is sufficiently tricky to make them think long and hard about doing so.
TimM:
I think Landyman 1978 is talking about the 'offensive' threads which (I assume) have been removed, rather than the 'poll' for him staying/going.
datalas:
--- Quote from: "TimM" ---I think Landyman 1978 is talking about the 'offensive' threads which (I assume) have been removed, rather than the 'poll' for him staying/going.
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Well, I wasn't having a go anyhow. Merely pointing out that if at all possible the posts are left as is, only in some cases are they automatically edited to tone the swearing down, although the automated system is a bit thick really so occasionally it needs someone else to do it.
As for editing people's posts to make them sound bad, what does that say about the opinions of the moderators? I do find that mildly offensive as it's blatently accusing me (and friends / colleagues / people I have met) of doing things which I consider deeply uncivilised and amoral. Still, different people have different opinions I suppose.
EvilEd:
So far, the only reason that has been listed for the post being locked is that it could get
--- Quote ---it was locked to prevent it being hijacked and turning into a devisive, destructive thread.
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Surely now that reason is gone....! The weird bit is that the destructiveness was caused by the locking and not the thread itself ?
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