Why they close threads

I duon't know what it was closed for. If you didn't want people to post on it anymore, you could delete it.

it seems to me deleating a thread is a far more drastic step than closing it. At least this way people who weren't on when it was posted can see it and then ask questions like 'closing threads????' which stimulates this unbelievably interesting conversation 🙄

Originally posted by Asher123
it seems to me deleating a thread is a far more drastic step than closing it. At least this way people who weren't on when it was posted can see it and then ask questions like 'closing threads????' which stimulates this unbelievably interesting conversation 🙄

your right - I'm sorry

I took a look at 'The never ending story' thread which at some point became a thread about BinLaden's penis size....................................very interesting,educational and not drivel at all........................

I fail to see the grounds for such a comparison. To my mind, there is nothing wrong with that thread - the owner and developer of the site even saw fit to contribute to it. The thread, while not for all tastes, is an altogether different one from the ruben fine thread. The ruben fine thread contained an empty post, one containing the words "mutual masturbation" and nothing else apart from a thread title that was garbled, miss-spelt and of no value.

If your aim is to find examples of moderator inconsistency, or moderators not spotting something in a particular post then I can guarantee that you will find such examples. And? So? Whether the ruben fine thread had been left open, closed or hidden is it really worth going to all this fuss? Is it not apparant that the mods are just regular users doing their best in any given situation?

If you feel that is not good enough or wish to propose changes to moderation practices then you could do worse than posting in "Help & Site Ideas" suggesting how you would change matters, or better yet sending feedback to the site owners.

T1000

I don't want to stick with the ruben fine thread,I just want to hear site users' opinion about the principle of closing forum's threads.
I agree that the r.f. thread was silly but that's not a good reason to close it:if it's silly, people just won't post in it and within some days the thread disappears from the first page.
Or you close all silly threads or you don't close any,and you can't say that speaking about Bin Laden's penis size (The never ending story thread)is not drivel only because a site developer posted in it .
However I appreciated mod's operating in other cases,I just think that a thread should be closed only when users are offending each other,when there's racism or similar things, and when there's very offensive language.
A pointless thread doesn't harm anyone and it's forgotten very early.
in friendship,Ravello

Originally posted by Ravello
I don't want to stick with the ruben fine thread,I just want to hear site users' opinion about the principle of closing forum's threads.
I agree that the r.f. thread was silly but that's not a good reason to close it:if it's silly, people just won't post in it and within some days the thread disappears from the first page.
Or you close all silly thre ...[text shortened]...
A pointless thread doesn't harm anyone and it's forgotten very early.
in friendship,Ravello

Wow, interesting thread here. I really don't see the point of all this fuss. If it had been a thread that had a conversation going and people were interested in it that was all of a sudden closed because someone started posting offensive content, then I could see a big argument about it start. But that little thread? What's the point? I really don't get it. It doesn't even have anything to do with our rights, imo, because no one was affected adversely, or at least they shouldn't have let themselves be.

Think of it this way- what if that thread was allowed to stay open, and the person who started it kept posting in it, got bored, and decided to venture off into other threads and started posting drivel everywhere. Everyone would start demanding that the mods do their jobs and get rid of it. I'm thinking of a case of this that happened not too long ago. I'm not saying that is what would have happened, but it COULD have. So, my point being...in this senario, if they left the thread open they would end up getting yelled at to do their jobs. But they closed it, trying to avoid a bigger headache later on, and an argument starts that they overstepped their bounds. Doesn't it seem like the general concensus here is that the mods just can't do anything right? That just doesn't seem fair to me, and I hope it doesn't to others also.

ncrosby🙂

AARGH! so they close threads.

Originally posted by ncrosby
Wow, interesting thread here. I really don't see the point of all this fuss. But that little thread? What's the point? I really don't get it.

ncrosby🙂

Originally posted by ncrosby
Wow, interesting thread here. I really don't see the point of all this fuss. If it had been a thread that had a conversation going and people were interested in it that was all of a sudden closed because someone started posting offensive ...[text shortened]... em fair to me, and I hope it doesn't to others also.

ncrosby🙂

Originally posted by SirLoseALot
Indeed the mods can't do good for everybody,that's impossible with so many different characters,opinions,beliefs,etc... on this site.And no it's not fair.Referees never get a fair treatment.But I can't keep quiet every time I disagree with something.I only speak up 10% of the time as it is,the rest of the time I just let it slide,that's not too bad,is it?

Lord Lot.
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Originally posted by ncrosby
This paragraph I can't argue with. It's not always fair for the mods, but you can't be expected to keep quiet about everything you disagree with. Good point made, so I'll stay out of it and let you guys continue on 😏.

ncrosby🙂