Unacceptable standard of discussion
fefster
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Does anyone know what this means? I cannot say I have ever seen this before. One of the Amanda Knox threads has been closed but not the other for the reason in the subject line, both seem to have a similar standard of discussion.
How does one know what is and what is not acceptable?
I've been a member for quite a long time now and this is the first time I have seen this.
How does one know what is and what is not acceptable?
I've been a member for quite a long time now and this is the first time I have seen this.
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Bad taste? Have you read some of the stuff on here?
Also if things just deteriorate into 'That's crap!', 'Not!', 'Is!', 'You're a twit!', 'It takes one to know one-so nerr!', etc.
I guess it depends who the moderator is that reads it.
I find this quite strange tbh. I appreciate that there was quite a considerable attempt at thread derailment and that is not conducive to a good discussion, but it's not the first time I have ever seen this.
It is the first time I have seen a thread locked for this reason though.
I wonder if DS Support might comment on here?
The other Amanda Knox thread is far, far worse on that score. It should be closed if that is the reason.
Being forthright has never been a problem on here before, why now? Harsh and forthright opinions are part of forum life surely?
I can't see that a sub-forum should be necessary. When has DS ever been the kind of place that needed that.
It's really important that you feel able to discuss opinions freely without censorship on a forum as long as you stay within the boundaries of the law and of respect for others. Once that privilege starts to go, what is the point?
SRSLY?
Still, at least the mods had the decency to put a message explaining why they locked it instead of doing their usual and just deleting the whole flipping thing with no warning.
Effectively then, my thread got derailed by others, so it got locked. Doesn't seem very fair. It was a reasonable topic, why weren't the derailers banned and the thread kept open?
You should contact them and ask them to re-open it.
Perhaps the mods thought it had just become an argument and that it was easier to close it than try to weed the posts. You can always start another one.
to you know what.
I think that perhaps they effectively 'ganged up' and over-rode everyone else.
The forum cannot thrive if this is allowed to continue. When a gang of posters can derail and destroy a thread and that behaviour is allowed to continue, then it's not good for the health of the forum in my opinion.
It reminded me of a pack of hungry wolves.
Yes, I agree and I do think it is worse on the other thread, but that is allowed to continue. I had to leave that discussion because of the behaviour of some posters on there and I know others also did.
Relentless bickering is probably against the forum rules, or if it isn't, it should be. And that's what the thread descended into.