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Old 08-14-2013, 11:41 PM   #295 (permalink)
VEGANGELICA
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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ? View Post
If it was up to me personally I would delete posts in there the moment that people start to criticise the person rather than addressing the topic in hand, and that's any post with any sort of criticism regardless of how much the topic has been discussed in it.
And that means any type of criticism, not just insults.

If people want that I'll do it.
I feel that's a good idea to delete posts when people criticize the person rather than the issue under debate.

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Originally Posted by sopsych View Post
Be very specific in posted guidelines about what will get posts deleted (for example, name-calling). But understand that if mods are actively part of that drama, deletions will be seen as unfair (mods above the law) and if moderators refrain from fighting, they'll be 'punished' less with complaints about deletions.
I agree with your suggestion about moderators deleting name-calling and avoiding participating in drama.

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete View Post
I made this suggestion in the Mod forum but I think it's worth bringing up here given how many people are interested in doing something about the state of the Lounge.

What if it was so lounge posts didn't show up when you clicked New Posts. The people who enjoy the lounge still get to post there and all the threads remain the same, but instead they don't overshadow posts made in the music forums.
I like your idea of lounge posts not showing up when one clicks on 'New Posts' since this would focus attention on the music contributions that many people want to encourage here.

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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ? View Post
I really don't think this is an appropriate thread for labelling individual members as trolls, sock puppets, or whatever, when the whole point of it in the first place was to discuss ways of getting away from that.
Would it really hurt to judge the tone of the matter being discussed and bite your tongue once in a while?
I agree with you that we should not label or debate openly whether other members are trolls. Debating openly whether a member is a troll is hurtful if she isn't trolling, and simply encourages her if trolling is her objective.
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