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Originally Posted by SydneyK
You see... this is the reason I think we need a mod. No one is being obstinate, but clearly people have differing opinions. If there's no mod, then the likelihood of posts getting out of hand significantly increases.
Sure, there are supermods, but as kathykd2005 pointed out earlier, that doesn't justify intentionally keeping a group from having a mod (if the group wants one).
I'm afraid I've stirred the pot just by pointing out the fact that we no longer have a mod. It's a catch-22. If I hadn't said anything about it, people (aka John) would assume we don't need/want one. But since I did say something, it seems like now there's kinda an unwelcoming air about the place. And that makes me sad.  |
Hope you don't find the conversation inappropriate for your forum, I will take it elsewhere if y'all would prefer.
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Originally Posted by OTW
Some threads are just simply inappropriate to leave public, though. Surely you wouldn't want anything that discusses Ritual, Membership Selection, or anything that compromises an organization's integrity be available via search result, right?
I know some threads get send to the MC for review. Some get cleaned up and sent back to the public forums. Still, there are some things that aren't meant to be left public (insert dueling banjos here).
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Oh I completely understand that things need to be deleted. And if it were a viewable locked threads forum those pages could be set not to be searched and cached by search engines as well as limiting access to logged on members. I just think that if it shouldn't be public, delete it. If it's just a flame war, it should be locked and moved. (Not that I always agree about the locking of flame wars. I'd rather see the discussions moved to the appropriate area, or Chit Chat, and allowed to continue under the "we're all adults here" mentality. Locking and closing the thread means starting a new one which just results in half of THAT thread being whining about the fact that it's a new thread.
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