UK posts being made invisible

[no name 1]

Wow, what is going on here in the UK? Dare to disagree & your post will be made invisible?

Shocking, truly.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

It sure is..... it would seam that only OH I AM SO SOORY POSTS ARE ALL THAT ARE ALLOWED.....

[TracyTN 237]

Dude I gotta stay out of my PM inbox cos I miss everything.

[almaty 19]

i agree, with sister devilette..censorship is wrong..this is an open forum..i read your post and becca's and kez, i saw nothing negative in your comments, or dr ila either

[Mags 112]

The posts I made invisible today would have lead to a flaming of some kind. As a mod, it is my duty to try and avoid these issues happening where possible. If I can nip something in the bud, I will. Today's was a culmination of some issues in the UK forum that have gone on for a couple of days.

Both these topics were locked due to flaming. The same would have happened with this thread. I acted accordingly to avoid a similar thing happening again.

I'm sorry if people were offended by this, but I stand by my decision.

i agree, with sister devilette..censorship is wrong..this is an open forum..i read your post and becca's and kez, i saw nothing negative in your comments, or dr ila either

Kezzie had a post made invisible because it quoted someone else's. I have not made anyone else's invisible today.

[no name 1]

The posts I made invisible today would have lead to a flaming of some kind. As a mod, it is my duty to try and avoid these issues happening where possible. If I can nip something in the bud, I will. Today's was a culmination of some issues in the UK forum that have gone on for a couple of days.

Both these topics were locked due to flaming. The same would have happened with this thread. I acted accordingly to avoid a similar thing happening again.

I'm sorry if people were offended by this, but I stand by my decision.

Why is the current post not locked then, instead of censoring? There is no consistency here.

Yesterday post was locked 'by request of the OP' - no mention was made of 'closed for violating the TOS'. Yet the vicious attack made against me was a clear violation of at least 4 points in the TOS.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I think the initial post is pretty inflamatory

if you remove Heina's post(and I only have to look in her post history for examples of why these kinds of posts are being made - I'm not saying it makes it right but why bad feelings exist ), I think the entire thread should be removed

[Mags 112]

Why is the current post not locked then, instead of censoring? There is no consistency here.

Because it still has value. It is a goodbye post, people can still say goodbye. There is no reason at present for it to be locked if people can bite their tongues.

[no name 1]

Why is the current post not locked then, instead of censoring? There is no consistency here.

Because it still has value. It is a goodbye post, people can still say goodbye. There is no reason at present for it to be locked if people can bite their tongues.

Yet, she can attack on her way out the door? Oh that seems fair. What is going on here? Geez.

[LaL 418]

This is not about censorship - what was said was inflammatory, and actually there were some little "digs" that have slipped by previously. It is at this point beating a dead horse, both sides will have to agree to disagree.

Say goodbyes per the topic of the thread, there is no need to continue to attack each other.

as an aside - yes, I probably should have closed yesterday's thread stating it was a combination of violation of TOS and per OP request. My mistake, and I apologize.

[Dr_LHA 3]

I would say that most of the "violations of TOS" were from the OP though, and not by other posters who got their posts deleted.

[TracyTN 237]

I'm just gonna put it out there - instigator and all that.

I hate like the devil what has happened in H_A's personal life. No one with half a heart would be 'happy' about what's happened to her.

But for her to comment on the 'tone' of VJ is a bit disingenuous. Pot/kettle, and all those various and sundry comparisons.

That irony has not escaped me, and it obviously didn't escape others. The only difference was I chose not to say so in the thread.

Edited June 22, 2007 by TracyTN

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I would say that most of the "violations of TOS" were from the OP though, and not by other posters who got their posts deleted.

Agreed.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

So if posts are being removed because they are inflamatory the why is this still there????

Given the shocking behavior in my thread yesterday

Apply the rules to all not just to some...

Kez

[john_and_marlene 162]

If you are going to make negative posts invisible rather than warning/banning/closing you should be prepared to be consistent. You have about 10,000+ visible that need to be addressed right now. Many of the posts that need to be taken care of came from the very person you have decided to "protect". This was a poor way to handle it.