Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 11:34:26 02/23/99
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On February 22, 1999 at 18:08:41, Jay Rinde wrote: >You can just say "I disagree" and get slammed for a personal attack. This can be >said to be a personal attack! When a person takes the time to post he might feel >his effort is wasted when his post is dumped. Sometimes the personal attack is >in the eyes of the beholder. I won't leave CCC, but this is my last post. I do >not like to be accused of a personal attack when one was NOT MADE and one was >not intended. I just disagreed. How? You will never know, the post was busted. >Jay The reason that Jay's post was deleted is that the title included the text "Person X is a trouble maker" where Person X was another CCC member. This sort of title certainly sounds like a personal attack (it may have been sarcasm but many people are likely to miss this), and is likely to cause alot of trouble on the board. I sent an email to Jay explaining this, but perhaps there was some misunderstanding. I certainly wasn't trying to 'slam' or 'bust' anyone. Jay might not have been the originator of that title, from memory at least one other post with this title as deleted. Basically, if a post is deleted then we try to delete all other posts that contain the objectionable pieces from the original post. This is unfortunate as some otherwise perfectly good posts may have to be deleted. Yes, it is a minor hassle if your post is deleted. However if a thread explodes into a massive flame war, it is a big hassle for all members of the group. This is one of the things we are trying to prevent. Best Regards, Peter McKenzie
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