thread review - canreef staff please read

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

. Well i'm not dead yet... or banned for that matter *nocks on wood* .
Levi

Make sure that's real wood you're knocking on......

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Make sure that's real wood you're knocking on......

Would you be willing to lend me some?
Levi

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Make sure that's real wood you're knocking on......

OMG spitting milk all over!

[PoonTang]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Make sure that's real wood you're knocking on......

Wish i could still have teenage wood

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

Wish i could still have teenage wood

Not even going to go there .
Levi

[BlueAbyss]

OMG I go and watch Hellboy II and I miss everything! I need to have less of a social life so I can pay more attention to Canreef

[Delphinus]

Sorry, but I'm with the other staff members here. When there are posts that are prefaced with "The staff here are arbitrary", it IS insulting to us. I feel this way too everytime the issue of censorship comes up. And it makes me wonder why I continue to do this.

Yes, some things get removed from public view sometimes. And that's never going to change. If there are problems with a post, it will get pulled and not always will the reasoning be publicly posted.

Think of this example, if a student is suspended or expelled from a school, the principal, the teachers, the school board do not come out and publicly invade that student's (or others) privacy by announcing the reason. Sometimes the reasons just plain aren't for public knowledge.

We the staff run the board. In my opinion, we do a pretty good job of keeping it open and friendly. Other boards put up with far less than we do, but if you really feel that more transparency is required on the part of the staff, well, we beg to differ. Sorry but that is the reality.

[Jason McK]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Sorry, but I'm with the other staff members here. When there are posts that are prefaced with "The staff here are arbitrary", it IS insulting to us. I feel this way too everytime the issue of censorship comes up. And it makes me wonder why I continue to do this.

Yes, some things get removed from public view sometimes. And that's never going to change. If there are problems with a post, it will get pulled and not always will the reasoning be publicly posted.

Think of this example, if a student is suspended or expelled from a school, the principal, the teachers, the school board do not come out and publicly invade that student's (or others) privacy by announcing the reason. Sometimes the reasons just plain aren't for public knowledge.

We the staff run the board. In my opinion, we do a pretty good job of keeping it open and friendly. Other boards put up with far less than we do, but if you really feel that more transparency is required on the part of the staff, well, we beg to differ. Sorry but that is the reality.

Well said Tony. I do not have to rehash everyone else has already said. but agree with it 100%

J

[Ron99]

I can certainly appreciate that alot goes in in the background and I'm not sitting here all day reading each and every post to a thread as they go up to see if something rally offensive happens. But maybe just a note to the originator of the thread telling them it's being pulled and why would be nice. I still have no idea why my other thread disappeared other than maybe some Big Al's supporters were offended.

Sorry to Hijack this a bit Dave, it's slightly related but I'll return the programming to you now

[midgetwaiter]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Sorry, but I'm with the other staff members here. When there are posts that are prefaced with "The staff here are arbitrary", it IS insulting to us. I feel this way too everytime the issue of censorship comes up. And it makes me wonder why I continue to do this.

IMO arbitrary isn't quite the right word to use here but I understand how why it was chosen. The lack of transparency for the reasoning behind some of these decisions is frustrating sometimes. I found myself wondering if or how my contributions contributed to the problems. Why had the staff decided to kill the thread? Did I miss something nasty posted? Is there drama I am not a part of or am I unknowingly in the middle of it? I was vexed, really rather vexed.

Then I remembered that I needed a new spark plug for the lawnmower and priorities shifted. Turns out I have a life and stuff.

Originally Posted by Delphinus

We the staff run the board. In my opinion, we do a pretty good job of keeping it open and friendly. Other boards put up with far less than we do, but if you really feel that more transparency is required on the part of the staff, well, we beg to differ. Sorry but that is the reality.

Most of the time when somebody says they want transparency they really want input into how the situation is handled. There's lots of lively discussion here, opinions vary and some posters (like myself for example) are stubborn, arrogant and abrupt at times. In what fantasy world do you have to live in that you would think somebody's bad behavior in a thread about skimmers would not spill over and probably escalate in some sort of meta discussion about how to deal with the thread that was out of control?

When you ask the mods to open these things up to further discussion what you are really asking them is to start a never ending pile of shat. Some sort of flamewar race to the bottom that they have to devote more time to day after day.

It's not a reasonable request, go buy a spark plug.