#31
zero nero wrote:
we have a saying round these parts,
‘everything in moderation,…including moderation’.
As regards the impression i have that comments seen as negative to therapy? are censored for negative reasons,
I feel its a subtle ‘emotional’ thing rather than an administrative policy, and so i give you the benefit of the doubt. I have no problem with members disagreeing with any analysis, good or bad , indeed its totally nessasary, but i really dislike seeing posts ‘deleted’.
thats just me, right or wrong.
Would i be wrong in suggesting that the action of deleting the relevant post was your frustration of seeing this topic arise again?, or the fact that you simply decided it was off topic and as you would with any topic, you applied the guidelines without bias?
Like i said earlier, the message board is a great achivement, any band/organisation would be proud to have a forum like it, but one last question, do the band members or managment ever ask to have ‘sensitive information’ kept out of the public domain or hushed up?
I ask this because of a communication i recieved after I informed the message board that graham had quit therapy?.
Lastly in my arnie reference, I had the characters of the terminator or predator more in mind rather than the man himself. (kinda like me imagining you saying, “hasta la vista post!” and then zapping it). Wry humour was intended, not insults.
Posted on Tue, 21 October 2003 at 14:16
#32
Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:
Apologies for my late reply. We rarely delete posts, and do this only after much care and consideration. As said before, we never delete a post simply because of the fact that it contains a negative opinion on Therapy?.
My reasons for deleting the posts were twofold, the first being the fact that it was off-topic and therefore violating the guidelines, and the second being the fact that the topic had been brought up by the same person in several different threads before, as I already made clear in my first post:
Teethgrinder wrote:
[..] more importantly, one of them had already been warned about the exact same issue before.
As for keeping information out of the public domain: Obviously, in my role as webmaster I sometimes get information that I should keep private, such as possible future releases they are considering (like the DVD), unconfirmed tour dates, etc., which makes a lot of sense.
On the other hand, I have never been contacted by the band nor their management to hush up/remove any information from the message boards for any reason. Your thread on Graham leaving the band is also still on the boards. Therefore I’m quite curious about what communication you received after you posted that thread?
I’ll be back ;-)
Posted on Sun, 26 October 2003 at 12:31
#33
zero nero wrote:
I was ‘contacted’ after the graham saga unfolded by someone in t? circles.
not gonna say who or what it was about, but it was a little curious at the time. Overall it was no big deal,(well not to me anyway!), just something that happened and planted a few question marks in my mind.
Posted on Mon, 27 October 2003 at 18:53
#34
Bad Karma wrote:
I think the way the board is moderated is good,i can only think of a few homophobic posts that have been deleted but i wouldn’t call that censorship because the posts were offendsive and i perfectly understand why topics are moved from the Main T? forum to chit chat or other bands etc when we go off topic into politics or some other bands new album.
I think the guidelines are fine,i have been on a few other band message boards but i have never stuck around for long but i post here a lot because this board has a good atmosphere (that and i’m a big fan of T?).
Posted on Sat, 1 November 2003 at 13:54
#35
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Thanks BK - good vibes much appreciated :D
Posted on Sat, 1 November 2003 at 23:08
