Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Furious on September 06, 2005, 12:09:20 PM
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I know it's HTC's boards and I understand the need for some moderation, but...
Why gut a thread before it's locked?
I mean, I understand editing responses in order to diffuse a situation that may spin a viable thread out of control, but if you know you are going to just outright lock the thread, why edit it?
just curious.
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IN
:D
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interesting question. I wonder if its intuitive to know why he guts them. I guess only the insiders will know, the MPs.
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Furious,
I'd guess that some posts are gutted because they're just _that bad_. The O'Club walks a fine tightrope above the insanity, and unlike a well trained jury cannot be relied on to "strike from the record" stuff that's been posted. If someone posts, say, some claim that 'ten thousand babies were raped in the Superdome by black looters' or something else outrageous, there's a contingent on this board that will walk away from that thread after reading it inflamed with fury. Even from beyond the grave, the locked thread will spawn other posts and so on.
By gutting the thread, I think they're trying to catch the cancer before it spreads.
If this were a library or something, I'd be up in arms over 'omg teh book burning REVISIONIST HISTORY ARARHGHHGG!' but it's not, it's a conversation place provided as a service by a company, and I respect and admire the steps they've taken to keep this place alive.
PS, I think all the 'in' comments in this and other threads are kinda silly. Actually, I think even less of them than that, but in the interests of not setting the bozo bit on this post, I'll refrain.
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i think saying the word 'in' in reference to the thread being of a suspect topic should be an automatic ban for inciting a thread to be locked.
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Originally posted by Furball
i think saying the word 'in' in reference to the thread being of a suspect topic should be an automatic ban for inciting a thread to be locked.
INteresting idea!
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Originally posted by Furball
i think saying the word 'in' in reference to the thread being of a suspect topic should be an automatic ban for inciting a thread to be locked.
Inconceiveable. Inside that incidious brain of yours you're calling for interesting individuals to be banned for inciting an "in" riot? :D
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Skuzzy, i'll buy you a beard trimmer (heck, gonna need a chainsaw for that thing) if you ban superdud?
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Originally posted by Furball
Skuzzy, i'll buy you a beard trimmer (heck, gonna need a chainsaw for that thing) if you ban superdud?
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Maybe Skuzzy wants to see if the rest of the posts and the thread can be saved and kinda give it a second chanse before gutting it?
Easyest would prolly be to e-mail him and ask.