misswonderly3 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I've said this before, but have never started a thread dedicated to the subject. This is directed mainly to the TCM Board Administrators and Moderators: Look, please, if you don't like the way a thread is going, whatever the reason, can you please say something as to why you're deleting it, instead of just quietly deleting it? You guys never used to do this. Used to be, if you thought a thread had become "inappropriate", whether due to acrimony, excessive rudeness, too much political content, or any other reason, you would SAY you were "locking" the thread. Often the thread would still be there, it was just "Locked" - you could no longer post on it. But you could still read what was already there. So, two things, Moderator baby: 1) Why do you no longer comment at all on the controversial threads on the reason why you're kiboshing them? 2) How come you rarely "lock" threads anymore - if you don't like the way they're going - you just "delete" them? It's kind of spooky. It's like you're pretending they never existed. And it makes it look like it's just easier for you to do that, rather than offer some kind of comment. Even just "This thread is locked. Further posts are no longer allowed." was at least acknowledging you were closing the thread. But to quietly "disappear" the thread is, in my view, being vaguely dishonest, or at least, not forthright, with this TCM boards community. I thought "transparency" was a big concept these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizzDemeanor Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I fear this may get the axe too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I'm with you on this, MissW. Many threads go astray and get heated, but sometimes the heated exchanges aren't really that offensive. But to quietly erase them smacks too much of "Big Brother" for my taste. It would be better to return to the times the Administrator would post a warning, or at least suggest that the people exchanging "heated" posts continue their exchanges via PMs. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwanted Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 It extends beyond the threads vanishing. A fair share of posters- some of them long-time and valuable contributors- have been taken out behind the woodshed- no trial, no explanation, no nothing- and no coming back. And this site has become SO MUCH less in(n)teresting as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 > A fair share of posters- some of them long-time and valuable contributors- have been taken out behind the woodshed- no trial, no explanation, no nothing- and no coming back. Like who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeHolman Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 >It extends beyond the threads vanishing. A fair share of posters- some of them long-time and valuable contributors- have been taken out behind the woodshed- no trial, no explanation, no nothing- and no coming back. And a few have been banned more than once and come back with a different moniker. It's obvious who they are. Jake in the *Heartland* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Thanks for the concerned and wise words, MissW. A couple of threads just disappearing, without explanation, is dissatisfying and a bit unsettling. Sure, it's easy enough to speculate as to why those particular threads vanished but it would be more appreciated by everyone, I suspect, if an explantion of some kind was offered, even if it's just a few words, as to why it was being done. I think that's just common courtesy. And, as you said, even if the thread was at least locked, as it often was in the past, as opposed to just obliterated, posters would still have the opportunity to try to ascertain where it "went wrong," as far as TCM web admin was concerned. Open communciation on a blog is always the best option, I feel, and this applies to the administrators, as well as the posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 So, I'm addressing this directly to the TCM Board Moderators: How come you no longer "lock" threads, you just "delete" them? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxreyman Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Did you also PM the moderators as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 You know, MissW, the best thing of all, would be if the administrator gave a thread a warning if he believes that some of the comments are inapprorpriate or going over the line too much before he locks it or, even worse, deletes the thread. If memory serves me correctly, this was done in the past. That way it will be more of a learning experience for posters, I feel, and no one can say that the administrator hasn't exercised a degree of fair minded flexibility. We would have only ourselves to blame if the comments continued and the thread was locked (preferably) or deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisSteele Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Yeah, it really puts a burr in my britches that these banned posters come back and try to sneak in using a different name. Pathetic and immature. If they could only learn one simple lesson: TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 A little while back, the administrator only removed the offending post, not the entire thread unless its topic was disruptive. Generally a warning was posted if things were starting to get unraveled. Guess he's tired of the same problems over and over and decide to take things more seriously so we get the POINT and the reason this has become obsolete Anyone find it humorous the Rob Ford thread lasted as long as it has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeHolman Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 >Yeah, it really puts a burr in my britches that these banned posters >come back and try to sneak in using a different name. Pathetic and >immature. If they could only learn one simple lesson: Might you be one of 'em? Jake in the *Heartland* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 > hamradio wrote: > Guess he's tired of the same problems over and over and decide to take things more seriously I believe this may be the best explanation of the situation. "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome" is a definition for insanity. Removing offending posts within a thread, commenting and then locking the thread had no effect on the frequency or offensiveness of such threads. It may have been decided that the time and effort was wasted and so they moved on to new strategies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Well, it sure doesn't take much for a thread to get yanked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 ...and, how am I ever going to get to 50,000 posts if threads are purged, and I lose 40 posts in the blink of an eye? I'll have to do 40 one-word posts just to make up lost ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 >Anyone find it humorous the Rob Ford thread lasted as long as it has. I find it humourous that Rob Ford has lasted as long as he has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 If the Rob Ford thread got purged, it might be viewed as discrimination against Canadians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 I think we can safely assume that most Canadians are not like Rob Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 But Canadians would say, "he's still OUR Rob Ford". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 Quoi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 You lost me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 https://www.google.ca/search?q=englishtofrench:+%22what%3F%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&gfe_rd=ctrl&ei=WuIlU-vnGqiD8Qf0q4H4Bg&gws_rd=cr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Now I'm really in left field (I'm just trying to rack up posts to make up for the purged ones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 It would be nice if the moderator would warn the thread that it is on thin ice, and PM the offending parties re: their posts. If this persists, then Lock the thread, maybe remove offensive posts, but don't disappear the whole thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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