Deleting posts

Katsumi_AMVs · Post by **Katsumi_AMVs** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 6:32 pm

With the high number of members flaming other members in the AMV annoucement forums , I want to ask/suggest for the forums admins and mods .

Why those posts aren't deleted?

Because if nobody start to erase useless/agressive comments , I don't think that people will stop to post that kind of stuff . Looks like nobody read the annoucement thread in that forum

And I saw some new members getting pissed off , enough to say things like "I will never come back here again" or something like that , well I don't how much the other members care about that , and , looks like that some people just do that due to the too big number of new members , but they're human , they have feelings , I don't care about the quality of their vids , I just try to imagine if those flames was pointed to me , and that's why I get pissed off all the time with those . . . ugh people . . .

Delete their posts it's a bad/good idea ?

LightningCountX · Post by **LightningCountX** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:11 pm

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Im really getting sick of the "make a post related to dragon ball z and your life is over situation" or the "You cant spell so you suck" comments as shown in this thread here. I had to make a hostile remark cause im just in a bad mood today heh. Good idea though

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:40 pm

I guess it's a lot harder to delete or edit a post than it is to lock or delete a thread. Every time I've asked for a post to be deleted or edited, the entire thread gets locked instead. So I don't bother asking anymore.

But maybe there could be some sort of count of how many time a particular poster has to have his thread deleted for flames - then maybe you could even go so far as to warn the person about breaking the 'courtesy' rule in the site rule list. I don't want everyone to tip-toe around all the time playing nice to each other, but useless flames are exactly that - useless. Shouldn't that make them off-topic?

I could swear the mods were deleting off-topic posts back in that long thread about the OT being removed. So I know they have the ability to do it. That means they either don't have the time, or they choose the easy route - ignore or lock. Punish the people who made the on-topic thread and reward the flamers and spammers by getting rid of the entire discussion.

Smell the irony, it's not sweet.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 9:57 pm

Deleting posts is easy.

Why it's not done more often? Have to ask Phade, probably.

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 9:58 pm

Phade has a policy on not deleting records. Or so i read back when.

Katsumi_AMVs · Post by **Katsumi_AMVs** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 11:43 pm

GREAT records

A bunch of Idiots wrote:"crappy" ,
"crap out" ,
"fucker" ,
"fucking" ,
"n00b n00b n00b" ,
"SFTU NOOB" ,
"fucking mean" ,
"be dicks" ,
"Fucking idiot" ,
"fuckhead" ,
"this video sucks"

Well if people that know themselves use that kind of word , I don't see any prob with that , I'm talking about delete posts of people that are flaming *NEW MEMBERS* that's all ^^

Don't forget have a difference between sarcasm and flames , both are totally useless , but sarcasm it's usually just people having fun together , and with flames you can really kick a n00b ass out of here

Unfortunately , looks like I'm not gonna receive replies from admins here

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 12:03 am

I agree it really gets on my nerves to see people flaming newbies. I mean sure, the newbies are stupid sometimes and post stupid things. BUT PEOPLE THAT FLAME THEM SHOW GREATER STUPIDITY! If a newbie is an idiot, here's an idea -- just try INGORING them instead of telling them how stupid they are

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 12:29 am

Or helping them. Even people with real mental deficiencies can learn if others take the time to actually try and help instead of reminding them how 'dumb' they are. A person won't get smarter just because you tell him how dumb he is - he gets smarter by being taught, shown by example.

Lots of sayings for this:

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.
If you don't like a problem, fix it.
If you don't want new members to act like morons, don't show them how morons act by becoming one yourself.

Well...the last one doesn't really get said often enough around here, but it still fits. For every dumb newbie that gets flamed, there are usually 5 even dumber 'non-noobs' doing the flaming. Talk about lowering the overall intelligence of the community.

Just look at the would-be English tutors out there griping and moaning because new members don't write well. None of them explain how the person *should* have written his post. No, they just light up the flame thrower and become completely useless. You don't learn grammar by being told your grammar is bad.

But my complaint remains - flames are useless and off-topic. Off-topic posts get deleted. Therefore flames should be deleted. Why show preferential treatment just because the off-topic post is a flame rather than someone talking about his or her new Dodge?

Katsumi_AMVs · Post by **Katsumi_AMVs** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 12:36 am

Arigatomyna wrote:If you don't want new members to act like morons, don't show them how morons act by becoming one yourself.

SIG MATERIAL

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:08 am

Paulo wrote:
Arigatomyna wrote:If you don't want new members to act like morons, don't show them how morons act by becoming one yourself.
SIG MATERIAL

Quote of the year!