Message to those who complain about deleted posts
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 4:18 pm
If a post or topic disappears a certain minority of members complain that we are removing for no good reason They often come from other forums where 'anything goes' but enjoy winding up on forums that want to stay friendly and helpful.
If you wonder why they don't stay on these 'other' forums, the answer is probably obvious really - They don't like being bullied, abused, made fun of either and if 'anything goes' these type of people have no fun.
Of course we always remove for a valid reason as all our good members know. We do not remove on a whim but generally from complaints and reports and if a post is unacceptable, unfriendly or worse still abusive,racist or offensive or goes against our policies in other ways, it may get removed automatically by our moderators.
We do not have time to notify those whose posts or topics are removed. We also don't always have time to thin out the topic of the 'out of order' posts, particularly if it is a long topic. With the speed the forum is these days it is often easier to remove the topic. This also stops those whose posts have caused trouble from jumping back on the topic again.
Running a forum is hard work - Keeping everyone happy is not always easy but we do try to do our best.
We are very lucky to have a great many helpful friendly members on TQ and do not have time for those few trouble-makers who just want to waste their time and ours!
Thank you.
If you wonder why they don't stay on these 'other' forums, the answer is probably obvious really - They don't like being bullied, abused, made fun of either and if 'anything goes' these type of people have no fun.
Of course we always remove for a valid reason as all our good members know. We do not remove on a whim but generally from complaints and reports and if a post is unacceptable, unfriendly or worse still abusive,racist or offensive or goes against our policies in other ways, it may get removed automatically by our moderators.
We do not have time to notify those whose posts or topics are removed. We also don't always have time to thin out the topic of the 'out of order' posts, particularly if it is a long topic. With the speed the forum is these days it is often easier to remove the topic. This also stops those whose posts have caused trouble from jumping back on the topic again.
Running a forum is hard work - Keeping everyone happy is not always easy but we do try to do our best.
We are very lucky to have a great many helpful friendly members on TQ and do not have time for those few trouble-makers who just want to waste their time and ours!
Thank you.