RoyalINTJ
05-14-2008, 08:38 AM
Suggestions on moderators' conduct
I suggest to stop deleting people's posts arbitrarily. Not only the criteria of "purposefulness" of the posts is subjective (just because someone can or can't see the connection, it doesn't mean there is or there is not one), but it also leads to a discriminatory practice. It's quite peculiar to see how some posts are deemed to be "useless" and deleted while others just as "meaningless" or "offensive" remain. Moreover, people use this forum to interact, to express themselves and their feelings. Treating them like some algorithms which must have a role and a function specific to the context is not a very humane practice. I would say that unless posts are filled with profanity or vulgarism, they should remain... no matter how "off topic" they are.
I also think moderators should become more accountable for their actions. If s/he has to explain and argue for each posts s/he deletes, that will reduce their motivation to deal with anything but the actual breaches of civil communication.
Oh, and locking threads before people have the opportunity to respond or actually recovering one after a request to delete it is an overly-controlling behaviour.
Originally posted by Mountain Lion.. the thread was closed shortly after Jezebel gave some poor answers to interesting and in my view important ,for these forums, questions...
So what do you guys think? are you ok with getting your posts deleted just because somebody things they are offtopic... and how about closing threads before people get the chance to answer... thats like slamming doors just before your face... dont you guys think that it should be a matter of free speech... its like a group of people talking about some subject and then switching to more interesting subject as the conversation progress... but then somebody comes and tells no guys you can talk about just because its offtopic...
I suggest to stop deleting people's posts arbitrarily. Not only the criteria of "purposefulness" of the posts is subjective (just because someone can or can't see the connection, it doesn't mean there is or there is not one), but it also leads to a discriminatory practice. It's quite peculiar to see how some posts are deemed to be "useless" and deleted while others just as "meaningless" or "offensive" remain. Moreover, people use this forum to interact, to express themselves and their feelings. Treating them like some algorithms which must have a role and a function specific to the context is not a very humane practice. I would say that unless posts are filled with profanity or vulgarism, they should remain... no matter how "off topic" they are.
I also think moderators should become more accountable for their actions. If s/he has to explain and argue for each posts s/he deletes, that will reduce their motivation to deal with anything but the actual breaches of civil communication.
Oh, and locking threads before people have the opportunity to respond or actually recovering one after a request to delete it is an overly-controlling behaviour.
Originally posted by Mountain Lion.. the thread was closed shortly after Jezebel gave some poor answers to interesting and in my view important ,for these forums, questions...
So what do you guys think? are you ok with getting your posts deleted just because somebody things they are offtopic... and how about closing threads before people get the chance to answer... thats like slamming doors just before your face... dont you guys think that it should be a matter of free speech... its like a group of people talking about some subject and then switching to more interesting subject as the conversation progress... but then somebody comes and tells no guys you can talk about just because its offtopic...