Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:40:38 06/08/99
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On June 08, 1999 at 09:51:09, Steven Schwartz wrote: >Nominees... How about this one? >If a member's message is deleted and the member chooses to >defend his position on the CCC Message Board, should he be >permitted to? And if so, to what extent? >- Steve (ICD/Your Move) You'd think that if a post was deleted that the poster would get an email, which would explain why it was deleted. They can agree or disagree with this logic. If they agree, there is no problem, and probably no repetition of the problem. I think that this would happen most of the time. If they disagree, I can imagine the situation they are in, if they feel strongly enough about the issue that they want to complain. It's not like there is a supreme moderator court. People can complain to you, but I don't think that you want to be a one-man review board, do you? I don't think that the moderators would like it either, I know I didn't like it when people bypassed the moderators and went to you last year. So what is left to do? The person can turn off their computer and go outside and play basketball, but they are probably pretty angry and don't have a basketball, and they want to do something *now*. I think that if someone feels strongly that they've been treated unfairly, that they should complain to the group and see what kind of response they get. Maybe the moderator was wrong and they can get some support. If they get support from the group, the moderators should think about what they are doing. It's not like being voted a moderator gives you a mandate to rule with an iron fist for six months, you still have to be accountable, and this kind of situation is really just someone trying to make the moderators accountable. As a moderator, if someone complained about a post deletion that I had responsibility for, I would consider that I should respond to their post and explain why I did it. If the group wants to get on my case about that, fine, I need to deal with the consequences of what I do. I'd better have a good reason for deleting or I'll get hammered and deserve it. If the group wants to support what I did, also fine, perhaps the person whose post was deleted can derive a lesson from being told to knock it off by five or six people. Perhaps there is a brief firestorm, if the post deletion was controversial. This won't happen very often, especially if members are treated with respect. Note that when I say that complaints are fine with me, it doesn't mean that they can violate the group's charter. I wouldn't mind being told that I was wrong, but I would have a harder time with a post explaining the manner in which I should be killed. bruce
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