Howzabout a Warnin'?

[mythusmage]

If you must close a thread down could you give a fella a warnin'?

Why was it closed? Other than Clay -who overreacted- who complained? Is there a mod so sensitive to possible complaints he must act proactively, and without cause? Must we become so paranoid about what we say nothing gets said?

Has the human soul become such a pitiful thing it must be protected at all times from the bruises and cuts all lives are subject too? Or are we going to tell the nervous nellies and chicken littles to chill out and stop acting so dang antsy, when there aint nothin' goin' on?

Stop treating all complaints as if they were the Word of God.

 

[diaglo]

Warning system overload.





linkage?

 

[Piratecat]

Stop treating all complaints as if they were the Word of God.

You mean like this complaint? Damn it, now I'm all confused!

Seriously, we got a couple of complaints by email. It seems like it didn't offend most people, but the people it bothered it REALLY bothered. The moderator made a judgment call, and there we are.

What you don't see is all the complaints we get where we don't necessarily respond publicly, because we feel shutting down the thread isn't necessary. A lot of those are handled by email. You'll never notice those, of course, so complaints that are acted upon get a bit more attention.

 

[Piratecat]

In addition, warnings generally proceed threads that are fundamentally on topic and interesting, but which are getting hijacked. This thread didn't fit that category (as the fundamental nature of it was bothering some people), so a warning wouldn't have served much purpose.

 

[Henry]

Since I locked the thread, I'll throw in one more bit of commentary.

The reason is in the last post in the thread - I put it in at the same time I locked it.

Also, I debated a pretty good while on whether to close it; I was, ahem, involved quite well myself. In the end, it was more than one complaint that killed it, and the fact that some people REALLY took offense, as PCat said. So, explanation given, thread closed.

 

[tburdett]

So, all it takes to get a thread locked is more than one complaint, and the people complaining have to be REALLY upset about it. I will have to remember that.

 

[Piratecat]

So, all it takes to get a thread locked is more than one complaint, and the people complaining have to be REALLY upset about it. I will have to remember that.

Good passive aggression. I give it a B.

Actually, all it takes to get a thread locked is a moderator deciding that it should be locked. Sometimes that opinion will be popular, and sometimes it won't be. This is your tradeoff for a site that relies on moderator instinct, and not on a laundry list of specific rules, to keep the decorum.

 

[diaglo]

This is your tradeoff for a site that relies on moderator instinct, and not on a laundry list of specific rules, to keep the decorum.

sounds like an OD&D site to me.

 

[Umbran]

Also, warnings invite immediate public debate on whether the thing should be closed, which has historically proved to be at least as harmful as the thread itself, I think.

And diaglo, I gotta tell you, it was witty for a while. But the endless references are getting a bit tired. Any shtick gets worn kinda thin by overuse.

 

[Mark]

This is your tradeoff for a site that relies on moderator instinct, and not on a laundry list of specific rules, to keep the decorum.

There once was an RPG forum,
That was known far and wide for decorum,
Decisions and beatings,
Decided in meetings,
Where ONE was the number for quorum...