TaffyGuy
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We've had a good deal of serious general discussion threads recently, and we all know why. Unfortunately most of them end up troubling me to all end, again for obvious reasons.
What I would like is for moderators -- and I see them all the time so it seems that they're certainly active enough to keep up -- to quickly delete stupid, or even arrogant and/or aggravating posts from serious threads, or possibly change them to a size 4 font or move them out of the thread into a general "crap here" thread and put a link to them, so that the sanctity of the original topic and actual meaning behind it can be upheld.
Does this sound like censorship, or too much censorship to you guys? I know what you're thinking, I've posted a lot of pointless garbage myself, but I _generally_ keep it to threads where the topic is pointless garbage in the first place. Now of late when I make the decision by pressing my mouse to read a serious topic, after a couple minutes i'm OVERLY COMPELLED to add into the consuming chaos and tell off the f**ko who thought themselves so important that they should completely crap out any thought or meaning that could have occured from some members sharing and kinship. This is of course what starts the downward spiral, and there are others who don't so easily keep their will and stay their hand in response.
another option would be for you (**********) to realize you're mistake and delete the post yourself, especially after it gains attention and starts drawing the thread off topic and creating anger among head-fiers. I wouldn't mind having some stupid crap I posted deleted, and I wouldn't mind editing it out on my own, after realizing my mistake. well you made a mistake.
Another option would be to send the offending poster a personal message asking them if they would consider deleting their post, something i just thought of, which would possibly save the thread from spinning out of control.
Any thoughts?
What I would like is for moderators -- and I see them all the time so it seems that they're certainly active enough to keep up -- to quickly delete stupid, or even arrogant and/or aggravating posts from serious threads, or possibly change them to a size 4 font or move them out of the thread into a general "crap here" thread and put a link to them, so that the sanctity of the original topic and actual meaning behind it can be upheld.
Does this sound like censorship, or too much censorship to you guys? I know what you're thinking, I've posted a lot of pointless garbage myself, but I _generally_ keep it to threads where the topic is pointless garbage in the first place. Now of late when I make the decision by pressing my mouse to read a serious topic, after a couple minutes i'm OVERLY COMPELLED to add into the consuming chaos and tell off the f**ko who thought themselves so important that they should completely crap out any thought or meaning that could have occured from some members sharing and kinship. This is of course what starts the downward spiral, and there are others who don't so easily keep their will and stay their hand in response.
another option would be for you (**********) to realize you're mistake and delete the post yourself, especially after it gains attention and starts drawing the thread off topic and creating anger among head-fiers. I wouldn't mind having some stupid crap I posted deleted, and I wouldn't mind editing it out on my own, after realizing my mistake. well you made a mistake.
Another option would be to send the offending poster a personal message asking them if they would consider deleting their post, something i just thought of, which would possibly save the thread from spinning out of control.
Any thoughts?