Locked Threads

[Adster]

did I mantion that arragane can be a factor

well Im not votign on this at all btw its a yes and no sort of thing.

heres the strange thing

why not delete the flame crap instead of locking it??

I noticed once NikkiD did this in musciworld which was good she nicley deleted the flame shit that was in a thread and kept it going and if the same member or members keep the shit up put them on moderation or soemthing!!

[Lamsey]

Originally posted by Adster@12 October 2003 - 09:38
why not delete the flame crap instead of locking it??

Because sometimes it causes "where'd my posts go?" problems and sometimes it raises issues of censorship.

It also causes a serious stress on the server to delete or move posts; merging is the worst.

Closing topics is much less strain on the server, so it's the best thing to do when the board is under stress - if we do too much, we temporarily take the board offline while it tries to deal with what we're doing.

[Adster]

yep ok you have a very good point there Lamsey

thansk for clearign that up

[J'Pol]

Uhuh, fair point.

However this isn't really about the logistics of closing threads, it's about the reasoning.

For the record I think censorship is worse. Just deleting posts or threads is surely a bad thing.

Reeks of book burning to me.

[Rat Faced]

I agree JPaul, i'd usually much rather close a thread, or throw it into the lounge, than delete posts...even if they are crap and flamebait.

Its not just about the perception of censorship, if posts are deleted...its about the boards history.

[Snee]

I thought LeGo was a troublemaker, some kid out on a crusade for unspecified reasons. If he'd said who he was I'd been more inclined to listen to him, as it was I thought he wasn't worth taking seriously.

Edit: Not to say I disliked him, I just didn't know why he was hellbent on critisizing the mods.

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