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I'm quite sure it's been explained several times already, but I can't be bothered to actually search for the explanation, so... mods, admins, why do you so often delete (or move out of sight) threads about issues like asking to unban people?
I'm asking this because they're one of the best sources of entertainment on this forum. Verbal violence is fun, and I want to see a lot of it. With the generally quite low level of drama and the moderation that's sane in most respects, however, you can't just open a random thread and see a massive group fight where everyone is trying to beat the virtual crap out of everyone else. Unless it's on a subject which guarantees a group fight, such as banning people.
Because I know those threads will get deleted sooner or later, I usually just shoot off some tiny comment (because I don't know if I will have the time to write anything longer) and stick around to refresh the thread every five minutes. I keep thinking I should be doing something else, but because I know my quality entertainment could be taken from me any moment, I lack the willpower to do it anyway. It's not causing me any significant trouble, but it *is* a waste of time.
Sometimes someone will at some point archive some of the threads that are to be deleted, but for instance in the case of threads archived by Asher recently, they're horribly inconvenient to read because of the long ALT texts replacing icons (Asher lacks the technological expertise to properly archive a webpage).
Please think of all of your members and lock threads if you want the discussion to stop - it will make life so much easier for those deriving their lulz from internet drama
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(hm, maybe I should write a script to refresh and archive those threads in the background... it should be pretty easy, actually, except for reliably detecting when the thread has been deleted even given that the admins could change anything in the board code)
I'm asking this because they're one of the best sources of entertainment on this forum. Verbal violence is fun, and I want to see a lot of it. With the generally quite low level of drama and the moderation that's sane in most respects, however, you can't just open a random thread and see a massive group fight where everyone is trying to beat the virtual crap out of everyone else. Unless it's on a subject which guarantees a group fight, such as banning people.
Because I know those threads will get deleted sooner or later, I usually just shoot off some tiny comment (because I don't know if I will have the time to write anything longer) and stick around to refresh the thread every five minutes. I keep thinking I should be doing something else, but because I know my quality entertainment could be taken from me any moment, I lack the willpower to do it anyway. It's not causing me any significant trouble, but it *is* a waste of time.
Sometimes someone will at some point archive some of the threads that are to be deleted, but for instance in the case of threads archived by Asher recently, they're horribly inconvenient to read because of the long ALT texts replacing icons (Asher lacks the technological expertise to properly archive a webpage).
Please think of all of your members and lock threads if you want the discussion to stop - it will make life so much easier for those deriving their lulz from internet drama
.(hm, maybe I should write a script to refresh and archive those threads in the background... it should be pretty easy, actually, except for reliably detecting when the thread has been deleted even given that the admins could change anything in the board code)
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