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Originally Posted by Ken Salisbury
Every post that is edited or deleted has a line at the very bottom that says "last edited by ______ Reason:________" (see the line at the bottom of this post)
Ken,
I know about the "last edited by..." line, but your use below of the "reason" section is the first time I've ever seen that. I've seen plenty of occasions where the 'last edited by' line was a mod, but never a reason. Perhaps I have just missed them, but I suspect not.
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When a post is deleted there is also a message that says why.
Maybe you are missing these.
Maybe you as a moderator can see that line, but quite obviously, if a post is deleted, it's gone from our view. And with no record of it, except for an occasional reference or quote to it by another poster, we have no idea what's going on.
The following is your response to this question I posted:
Let me ask you something...WHY DID IT TAKE NINETY ONE posts for the thread to get deleted? Were the mods enjoying the rhetoric? Were they busy deleting other posts/threads?
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As threads progress and violations start to happen they do so very rapidly. We as moderators do not sit here all day and review a thread every twenty minutes to see if everything is kosher. We do have lives other than SMC. Sometimes it is as long as 12 - 14 hours before a moderator may get to a thread. A lot of stuff can happen in such a time frame and there are 100's of threads changed on a daily basis which need review. We do the best we can. However, no matter how hard we try there will always be the few who think they can do it better.
Ken, I know the task of moderating here is no picnic, and the more popular the site becomes, the harder the task becomes. But, to expect me to believe your 'reason' is just plain ridiculous and insulting!!! Have you forgotten what you said in post #24 of this very thread? You mention all the editing and deleting that you had to do to the thread before it got pulled!
Why didn't you pull it right away? Did you not see Mr. Witter's inital post as a clear violation of the TOS? I sure did, as did just about anyone else that read it. In fact, Keith himself lists that as his reason for yanking the thread.
Consistant moderation is called for, and is not in evidence here. That is a large part of what has so many people up in arms around here...myself included.
Think about it Ken...
- Marty -