Pangur Bán
Deconstructed
This thread is about the subject of thread closure
My Bit:
A thread I opened was closed today and I'm quite disappointed. I had put a lot of effort into that thread, and I wanted a serious argument.
New Wonders - Any Ideas?
There were a few on the point of giving me that, but then suddenly Padma closed the thread.
No one could say that it was opened to annoy people or start a flame-war. A few people were aggressive, but there was nothing that merited closing it down. Another thread that I had opened on GD was closed without any flaming, but because "it was a can of worms".
The Scots Should be Added to Civ3 in the New XP?
I got several PMs from perplexed posters enquiring about why it was closed. What could I say to them? Only that flaming is a great fear of the GD mods.
If you want to kill the enjoyment in CFC then closing any thread that becomes a little bit hot is the way to go about it. If people get aggressive, it often means that they care about the topic or have strong views on the issues underlying the topic, which means that they will probably have something to say.
There is some good reason to close a thread packed with only flaming, but the current attitude towards it on GD borders on the irrational. A few people get upset and say a few aggressive things, so what? If the thread is otherwise a thread based on argumentation, then closing it because of a few flames is simply criminal.
I like controversial issues where I know I'm likely to be out-numbered, and I am not ashamed of opening threads in order to play devil's advocate on a controversial issue. It also happens to be the case that many posters are not good at argumentation, so they resort to mild flaming. Why isn't the solution to that dealing with the few bad eggs, instead of murdering the whole chicken farm? This is a question to the mods, especially those on GD, what exactly is too much?
I know that the closure of the two threads mentioned can probably be defended by the very articulate mods that reside here at CFC, and I'm also pretty sure that I could deliver adequate counter-responses. That won't get us anywhere though, because the mods have the power and the two threads have already been closed, and that's what really counts.
[DISCLAIMER: I do not think that CFC is a democracy and I understand that it is TF's forum and his mods are empowered by the delegated rights of ownership. I am not disputing that, merely expressing my view. I hope that no mod will bear me a grudge and give me a ban on the next available pretext.]
My Bit:
A thread I opened was closed today and I'm quite disappointed. I had put a lot of effort into that thread, and I wanted a serious argument.
New Wonders - Any Ideas?
There were a few on the point of giving me that, but then suddenly Padma closed the thread.
No one could say that it was opened to annoy people or start a flame-war. A few people were aggressive, but there was nothing that merited closing it down. Another thread that I had opened on GD was closed without any flaming, but because "it was a can of worms".
The Scots Should be Added to Civ3 in the New XP?
I got several PMs from perplexed posters enquiring about why it was closed. What could I say to them? Only that flaming is a great fear of the GD mods.
If you want to kill the enjoyment in CFC then closing any thread that becomes a little bit hot is the way to go about it. If people get aggressive, it often means that they care about the topic or have strong views on the issues underlying the topic, which means that they will probably have something to say.
There is some good reason to close a thread packed with only flaming, but the current attitude towards it on GD borders on the irrational. A few people get upset and say a few aggressive things, so what? If the thread is otherwise a thread based on argumentation, then closing it because of a few flames is simply criminal.
I like controversial issues where I know I'm likely to be out-numbered, and I am not ashamed of opening threads in order to play devil's advocate on a controversial issue. It also happens to be the case that many posters are not good at argumentation, so they resort to mild flaming. Why isn't the solution to that dealing with the few bad eggs, instead of murdering the whole chicken farm? This is a question to the mods, especially those on GD, what exactly is too much?
I know that the closure of the two threads mentioned can probably be defended by the very articulate mods that reside here at CFC, and I'm also pretty sure that I could deliver adequate counter-responses. That won't get us anywhere though, because the mods have the power and the two threads have already been closed, and that's what really counts.
[DISCLAIMER: I do not think that CFC is a democracy and I understand that it is TF's forum and his mods are empowered by the delegated rights of ownership. I am not disputing that, merely expressing my view. I hope that no mod will bear me a grudge and give me a ban on the next available pretext.
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