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Title: . Post by: Xanis on October 16, 2013, 03:36:33 PM .
Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: jackjack on October 16, 2013, 04:04:17 PM Let me guess, 40 identical messages: "hello"
Read the rules Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: tysat on October 16, 2013, 06:54:30 PM Just an FYI for anyone that may see this thread and come here to complain...
I'm working on purging the useless spam hello/welcome posts from the newbie section. Looks like a lot of people were just using those to get their post count up. Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: tysat on October 16, 2013, 07:09:42 PM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=77535.new#new Why are posts in that thread being deleted? I'm not sure why those posts would be deleted, it would have to have been done by a global mod or admin. Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: greyhawk on October 16, 2013, 07:16:53 PM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=77535.new#new Why are posts in that thread being deleted? I'm not sure why those posts would be deleted, it would have to have been done by a global mod or admin. You should probably restart from the beginning. A clean slate, if you will. Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: RodeoX on October 16, 2013, 07:21:15 PM Could a mod/admin recommend a way to welcome new users without violating the TOS? I often say welcome or hello to newbies. It is good to welcome them and I would not want to end the practice. Would a longer welcoming response do the trick?
Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: tysat on October 16, 2013, 07:24:08 PM Could a mod/admin recommend a way to welcome new users without violating the TOS? I often say welcome or hello to newbies. It is good to welcome them and I would not want to end the practice. Would a longer welcoming response do the trick? Add some content to the post. I'm just trying to remove the clutter/spam from the newbie forum, one sentence replies with no content are no fun :( Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: greyhawk on October 16, 2013, 07:24:25 PM Could a mod/admin recommend a way to welcome new users without violating the TOS? I often say welcome or hello to newbies. It is good to welcome them and I would not want to end the practice. Would a longer welcoming response do the trick? I don't think that is a problem if you have other types of posts outweighing the "town greeter" posts. There were a lot of proto-scammer type accounts around lately where 95% of posts were just "Welcome back" in an obvious attempt to pump their numbers. Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: RodeoX on October 16, 2013, 07:28:53 PM Thank you for the responses! In the future, I will make sure I give a welcome that informs or answers a question. I have been a mod for a video game forum and feel for the mods here. Who are doing a good job, by the way. :-*
Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: favdesu on October 16, 2013, 07:31:54 PM Thank you for the responses! In the future, I will make sure I give a welcome that informs or answers a question. I have been a mod for a video game forum and feel for the mods here. Who are doing a good job, by the way. :-* It's ok to greet newbies in my opinion. they're jailed there and it can't hurt to let them feel welcomed. Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: Kluge on October 16, 2013, 07:38:33 PM Wouldn't it be more resource-efficient to just ban the practice of sig advertisers which pay based on posts/month? It's even enforceable.
Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: tysat on October 16, 2013, 07:41:21 PM Wouldn't it be more resource-efficient to just ban the practice of sig advertisers which pay based on posts/month? It's even enforceable. Probably, but I think that would be a little harder to enforce. Also it gives me something to do while work is slow ;D Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: Kluge on October 16, 2013, 07:44:07 PM Wouldn't it be more resource-efficient to just ban the practice of sig advertisers which pay based on posts/month? It's even enforceable. Probably, but I think that would be a little harder to enforce. Also it gives me something to do while work is slow ;D Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: TheEmperor on October 16, 2013, 07:53:32 PM Posts? What about whole threads?
I was viewing a thread this afternoon which had maybe only 4-5 replies. After reading through I went to comment and the thread had been deleted? It had only been active for 20 minutes at most, and nothing in there violated the t&c's whatsoever. A youtube video link and a few comments on it. Seems to be a few oddity's and discrepancy's cropping up since the 'hack'....Just saying :-\ Title: Re: Moderator deleting posts? Post by: RodeoX on October 16, 2013, 07:56:18 PM Posts? What about whole threads? I don't know about the thread you are referencing, but some of the links i see here are clickjackers. Perhaps that is why it was deleted?I was viewing a thread this afternoon which had maybe only 4-5 replies. After reading through I went to comment and the thread had been deleted? It had only been active for 20 minutes at most, and nothing in there violated the t&c's whatsoever. A youtube video link and a few comments on it. Seems to be a few oddity's and discrepancy's cropping up since the 'hack'....Just saying :-\ |