Can we close threads we have started?

07/25/2007 01:59:38 AM · #2

How does one post a forum?

07/25/2007 02:07:08 AM · #3

If someone is violating the Forum Rules you can report the posts, just like any other user, and we will review them and take appropriate action. In general, though, our philosophy is that the original poster (OP) does not have any special "ownership" rights to the thread. We won't lock a thread just because the OP doesn't like the direction the discussion is going or no longer wishes to participate in it -- there have to be actual rule violations that warrant the lock.

~Terry

07/25/2007 02:15:14 AM · #4

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

This is news to me.

When did this change of policy take place?

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07/25/2007 02:40:14 AM · #5

I never really thought of it as a "change of policy" really. It started because we had a series of cases where someone started a thread and didn't like the opinions posted in it, or didn't like the fact that other people thought they were wrong about whatever they said, so wanted to have the thread locked to effectively censor the discussion.

I should have added "generally speaking" to my previous post, because undoubtedly there are exceptions, but if a discussion is active, constructive, and benefiting the community as a whole, we are usually not inclined to censor it.

~Terry

canary

Nikon D80

07/25/2007 02:58:09 AM · #6

OK thanks for the reply just wanted to verify really. But think it might still be good to have the option on the rants section at least. My rant wasn't inflammatory but after the recent spate of religious forums getting out of hand I was surprised to notice immediate deletion was no longer an option.

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07/25/2007 03:07:47 AM · #7

Originally posted by canary:

From an end-user standpoint, it never has been. No one other than Site Council and Administrators have ever had access to the "hide thread" or "hide post" function.

As to actually "deleting" a post from the server, not even Site Council has the ability to do that. We were able to back in 2002, but the interface to do so was removed at our own request -- the theory being that hide is reversible, but delete isn't.

EDIT: Oh, and you haven't seen anything until you've survived DPC in a Presidential election year.

~Terry

Message edited by author 2007-07-25 03:09:34.

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07/25/2007 03:11:28 AM · #8

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

EDIT: Oh, and you haven't seen anything until you've survived DPC in a Presidential election year.

ROFL! That's when they temporarily rename the site to fightclub.com

canary

Nikon D80

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07/25/2007 03:52:11 AM · #9

OK understood, haven't started many forums so wasn't so clear on details.

Message edited by author 2007-07-25 04:22:01.

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07/25/2007 05:00:40 AM · #10

Originally posted by canary:

OK understood, haven't started many forums so wasn't so clear on details.

By the way, a 'thread' is what you start, not a 'forum'. A forum is an area like 'General Discussion', or 'Hardware and Software'

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07/25/2007 04:10:06 PM · #11

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

That's very different from how my observations of past threads.

Typically, the OP would get upset, ask SC for the thread to be locked and BOOM! Thread locked. Despite ongoing topical discussion.

Not that I don't think the new way isn't an improvement. I always did question the bizarre notion that the OP in a thread on DPC was somehow given special "threadlocking" consideration.

scalvert

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07/25/2007 04:27:04 PM · #12

Originally posted by Spazmo99:

Typically, the OP would get upset, ask SC for the thread to be locked and BOOM! Thread locked. Despite ongoing topical discussion.

That generally only happens if the thread has strayed far off-topic from the original post or if the thread has outlived its usefulness (such as a "for sale" item that's no longer available).

07/25/2007 04:48:16 PM · #13

Originally posted by scalvert:

Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Typically, the OP would get upset, ask SC for the thread to be locked and BOOM! Thread locked. Despite ongoing topical discussion.

That generally only happens if the thread has strayed far off-topic from the original post or if the thread has outlived its usefulness (such as a "for sale" item that's no longer available).

As I said, it's a welcome change.

07/25/2007 07:40:28 PM · #14

Please see the earlier discussion: here