Censored first now banned from RD.net

[Styrer]

Richard spoke of his desire 'to never see moderation on the front pages' some time ago.

Around 5-10 posts were deleted in the last week, with one brave chap going back to complain about his deletion. His post was deleted within minutes.

Did the forum at RD.net ever delete comments?

Thanks for any comments.

Styrer

[Pappa]

What were the comments?

[charlou]

Did the forum at RD.net ever delete comments?

Yes, they edited, deleted and removed posts and threads.


Moving thread to our RDF Announcement subforum.

[Hermit]

Richard spoke of his desire 'to never see moderation on the front pages' some time ago.

And you believed that therefore there won't be any? While he leaves the running of the site to Timonen?

[Pappa]

To kind of echo Seraph.... what do you expect?

[Trolldor]

The Oasis of Clear Thinking - Transparent as ever.

[Pappa]

This isn't a criticism of RDF, but due to the type of organisation it is etc., I don't see how you would expect them to not moderate.

[Trolldor]

That's what I was referring to.

There's a lot of 'image' going in to the site, but not much in the way of 'rich content'.

[klr]

I love the rich aroma of predictable irony in the morning.

[Ayaan]

Richard spoke of his desire 'to never see moderation on the front pages' some time ago.

Around 5-10 posts were deleted in the last week, with one brave chap going back to complain about his deletion. His post was deleted within minutes.

Did the forum at RD.net ever delete comments?

Thanks for any comments.

Styrer

To be fair, we made it a policy not to delete posts. They were moved to what was called the Recycle Bin and left there - including spam. However that changed in February of this year when Josh and Co. shut down the forum - the staff deleted everything in the admin and mod area to keep anything from being used against staff or members. We felt that if there was going to be a new discussion area, then everyone should have a clean slate. Also the staff had discussed things about their personal lives they did not want Josh and Co. to have access to - neither of them (or RD) had paid much attention to the staff or the staff forums up to that time. Josh and Co. also deleted all the posts of those they personally banned - including some of the staff. Regularly deleting posts didn't occur until late February of this year when new folks were in charge. Apparently deleting posts is seen by them as an appropriate way of dealing with those they feel don't follow the rules.

[Svartalf]

The Oasis of Clear Thinking - Transparent as ever.

The camels shat into it long ago, all that's left is unsanitary mud.

[drl2]

Is there actually a forum there now, besides the comments attached to news items?

[JimC]

Is there actually a forum there now, besides the comments attached to news items?

I will only ever know second-hand, since I have vowed by the immense shiny balls of Baal never to go there...

[lordpasternack]

There's a lot of 'image' going in to the site, but not much in the way of 'rich content'.

THIS!

But come on - some of you must be at least somewhat excited by now…

[Bella Fortuna]

There's a lot of 'image' going in to the site, but not much in the way of 'rich content'.

THIS!

But come on - some of you must be at least somewhat excited by now…

Well sure, I am, but only because Jim mentioned the immense shiny balls of Baal.