First of all, it -NEVER- ends well...
Posting PMs or e-mail is even worse...
Any time an individual post is deleted, there is a note as to why it was deleted. Only the poster and the mod/admin staff can see it was deleted, so the "Why did you delete mine, but not XYZ's?" doesn't fly. You will have no idea about any other post that was deleted. Feeling entitled to an explanation, while certainly one's prerogative, most likely won't be happening. It only invites an argument. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt...
When we make a point to mention why a thread was closed, and then a poster feels he "just has to make his point", in a completely different thread, what do you think is gonna' happen?
The issue at hand WAS being discussed privately, until it was made public (and btw, not all of one side was made public...). That was not the way to win friends nor influence people.
Thankfully, this board requires very little moderation. We get the drive by spammers, and the occasional hothead. But in it's 2+ year history, we've been fortunate to have few issues.
We'd like to keep it that way.
No one was banned over this. Only a short "time-out" was given.
Funny, there were several posts deleted in that thread. Several others PM'd me to apologize for getting hot-headed and making our job more difficult.
Same as it ever was...
Posting PMs or e-mail is even worse...
Any time an individual post is deleted, there is a note as to why it was deleted. Only the poster and the mod/admin staff can see it was deleted, so the "Why did you delete mine, but not XYZ's?" doesn't fly. You will have no idea about any other post that was deleted. Feeling entitled to an explanation, while certainly one's prerogative, most likely won't be happening. It only invites an argument. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt...
When we make a point to mention why a thread was closed, and then a poster feels he "just has to make his point", in a completely different thread, what do you think is gonna' happen?
The issue at hand WAS being discussed privately, until it was made public (and btw, not all of one side was made public...). That was not the way to win friends nor influence people.
Thankfully, this board requires very little moderation. We get the drive by spammers, and the occasional hothead. But in it's 2+ year history, we've been fortunate to have few issues.
We'd like to keep it that way.
No one was banned over this. Only a short "time-out" was given.
Funny, there were several posts deleted in that thread. Several others PM'd me to apologize for getting hot-headed and making our job more difficult.
Same as it ever was...
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