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Disappearing Threads?

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:19 pm
by non ego man
I know I'm old and my memory is fading but I swear there are threads disappearing from the Venus section. Mods have historically left the section threads to their own devices. Can someone in charge explain the new heavy-handedness? Is there a reason for locking and deleting so many threads when we're essentially just keeping to ourselves? Just curious.

Re: Disappearing Threads?

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:25 pm
by Goobronicus
Just change the word "post" at the end of his Topic and change it to "thread". I think it fits nicely.

If there's flaming, putting out the fire is necessary, no matter what section it is in.

Things get deleted/locked on other forums much quicker and more often than here on SRF.

*Edit: doh I forgot the link; and as Bizzle/Cels said, some guys spammed / flamed and I'm sure he posted in that one too.

viewtopic.php?f=58&t=6525

Re: Disappearing Threads?

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:21 pm
by [SD]bizzle
some guy massively spammed GD and venus section, rek "massively deleted" threads, so maybe the bob thread was caught in there.............................. :banghead:

Re: Disappearing Threads?

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:27 pm
by non ego man
ofy1993 wrote:I agree with you, like the thread about Bob/Abdullah/Ks_Master. Why was it deleted??

That was one.

There was another one talking about someone who was banned from Asylum that seems to have been deleted.

And a few others.

All of which contained important discussion of our server, guilds and members.

I didn't see much flaming but if there were any, the flames could have easily been dealt with by deleting posts, not the whole thread.

And Bizzle, I thought the mods could delete all the posts by a single user instead of just deleting all the threads. It seems kinda absurd that we could lose so many valuable threads because some asshole spams them.

Re: Disappearing Threads?

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:08 pm
by Barotix
We can control and mass move threads [Only admins can delete whole accounts], but we usually don't delete them [the threads]. We move them to X-files. I'll try to retrieve the thread[s] if they haven't been deleted. I couldn't find the bob one; it must have been deleted in the crossfire. Some good threads from the OTL and GD were moved.

Re: Disappearing Threads?

Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:19 pm
by non ego man
Thx Baro. I wouldn't make a huge deal about it but, particularly regarding Bob, it's important.

Re: Disappearing Threads?

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:01 am
by Kirkaldi
non ego man wrote:Thx Baro. I wouldn't make a huge deal about it but, particularly regarding Bob, it's important.

+1