How should posts be moderated, if at all?

(For purposes of this poll, I'm not referring to spam posts.)

Quoting Unicus69:

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I picked 'Combination...' as there are times when the whole post has to go.  What I would suggest, in those cases, is that a note be left stating that the post was deleted.

Pretty much the same. In most cases, the post should only be edited. Off the top of my head, the only reason for deleting is for spam posts.

Moderators?!? 

I'll vote in a couple of days when I catch up and see what's going on - looks like from what I've read soe far things need tweaking still 

Thanks for the link 

I voted for no moderation, meaning that posts have not to be deleted or modified. Anyway, we need to apply forum rules, that means that people who make one of the bannable offenses listed in the rules have to be banned. This must be done publicly, with the reason given, to be sure it is fair. As posts are not modified, everyone could verify this fairness.

Quoting surfeur51:

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I voted for no moderation, meaning that posts have not to be deleted or modified. Anyway, we need to apply forum rules, that means that people who make one of the bannable offenses listed in the rules have to be banned. This must be done publicly, with the reason given, to be sure it is fair. As posts are not modified, everyone could verify this fairness.

We may all like to know whether something was fair or not, but it really isn't our decision.  I don't want to see a 'Wall-of-Shame' here.  I'm sure we've all broken one or two rules around here.

I do agree, banning the users who are breaking the rules is the best way.  Eventually they will learn, or the ban will become permanent.  Either way, we end up with a more pleasant and productive forum.  But, I also think that it is sometimes necessary to remove posts to reduce the risk of continued escalation of an issue.


The area that I'm seeing as the worst right now is the Contribution forum.  This is one of the forums that is directly related to the program and the users here and can't fall into the 'Forbidden topic' realm.  There have been numerous incidents where posts have crossed the line into personal attacks. I believe this is all because there is rarely confirmation of the correct answer or clarification of the rule by Invelos.

Once the question or dilemma is posted and opinions are given, Invelos needs to respond in a reasonably quick manner to resolve the issue.  Otherwise, nothing is resolved and we end up with a 10 page thread with the same opinions being expressed in harsher and harsher ways.  We can all agree to disagree, but these are situations where that doesn't work.

Quoting jgilligan:

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Once the question or dilemma is posted and opinions are given, Invelos needs to respond in a reasonably quick manner to resolve the issue.  Otherwise, nothing is resolved and we end up with a 10 page thread with the same opinions being expressed in harsher and harsher ways.  We can all agree to disagree, but these are situations where that doesn't work.

I think they'd rather we sorted things out by ourselves. However, I agree that if it's clear that we aren't going to, say after 2-3 pages, we should get an official response.

Quoting lyonsden5:

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Moderators?!? 

I'll vote in a couple of days when I catch up and see what's going on - looks like from what I've read soe far things need tweaking still 

Welcome back, Rick!