The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72785   Message #1264882
Posted By: The Shambles
05-Sep-04 - 05:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: Poll - Stop Flaming and Abusive posting
Subject: RE: BS: Poll - Stop Flaming and Abusive posting
What a threatening sentence. Let it slowly sink in and digest it and you'll understand why these threads seems never to end.

You could always post to agree - but I will settle for a least some comment actually on the issue. As a last resort, I will even settle for you posting anything that sends it to the top again. No one is forcing anyone to open this thread (except that you just can't resist having a peek) and no one forcing anyone to read this - it you really don't like it - don't keep refreshing it. If simply ignoring threads and posts that are not to your taste was encouraged - the problem of abusive postings would have gone away long long ago.

The reason these threads never seem to end is the same reason it gets refreshed and put back up to the top of the forum every time someone posts to point out the blindingly obvious, of how pointless it is to post. While you are posting just to make a value judgement on the the worth of other's posts - you could at least address the issue or even answer the following question.

Wolfgang et al - do you think that the routine deleting of entire threads and all their posts - to address a few posts judged to be 'offending' - is the best and fairest course of action to those Max has invited to contribute and who just happen to be unlucky to share this thread? And just because the volunteer in question "couldn't see spending much of my time sorting the wheat from the chaff?" [The full quote follows.] Do you think action should be taken to ensure that it does not happen again?