Posted by corkskru on January 12, 2013, at 23:37:51
In reply to Re: untimely moderation, posted by Dr. Bob on January 10, 2013, at 3:22:55
> > I feel that a delete/edit post option would be a good way for the community to self-steer the direction of any thread and keep it from going in the wrong direction since there is such a lack of timely moderation. For a moderated discussion forum, I would give this board a D- and can see how one would not stay here long. It seems to me this is another component of study on this board in that as in life, you can't take back words... but one can apologize.
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> > corkskru
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> > Apologies were invented for a reason, but just don't overuse them.
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> > SLS
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> If timely moderation by me is what someone's looking for, you're right, this might not be the forum for them. Thanks for not giving me an F.Thank you for the timely moderation and addressing an issue that needed your authentication. I think an A is appropriate for your honorable actions. My remark was about a function and not personal as I can appreciate the time, energy and resources it would take to properly and efficiently run this board.
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> We've discussed a limited delete/edit option, and I'd still like to implement that someday. In the meantime, apologies are a great alternative, and have the advantage of being applicable in "real" life.
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> > In all fairness, I feel the emotional level created by the sudden news of Maxime's passing last year has caused us to react/respond in ways we wouldn't normally.
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> > corkskru
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> Learning about Maxime certainly didn't help, that's a good point.
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> BobAlthough most knew her as a pseudo-name and never met her in person, her trials ad tribulations were parallel at times and many folks here felt like she was someone that would hang out here and share so she was family.
2 stages of grief (denial and anger) were at play here I feel and the escalation was inevitable but as close as this community is, it is like family were even though there is disagreements, we are all in the same boat and are more alike at times than we are different; especially considering the geographical, cultural, environmental diversity here.
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