Language, Jon, language!

The Beeb used to store late night posts, then vet them and stick them on the board next day. Not any more though. The messageboards are ¡§hosted¡¨ by people who have no control over managerial policy, many of whom appear to have complained about the new system. I copy below the ¡§spin¡¨ issued to the messageboard hosts, followed by my response in a form of computer person¡¦s ¡§Structured English¡¨:-

„«        Here's a message you can post in threads where people are complaining about
> no longer being able to post after closing time. You could if you'd prefer
> post it as a new thread, calling it something like 'Recent Messageboard
> Changes'.
> >
> Thank you for all your feedback about the new closing-time policy. To
> further clarify - dealing with the overnight queue of messages was taking
> away from the resources that we have for running the service during the day.
> As most messages were being posted before closing, and a only small number
> of users were posting outside of the stated opening hours, it was clear that
> the most positive step to take - the one which would directly affect as few
> users as possible - would be to stop messages being posted after closing
> time.
> >
> As you may have noticed, a small number of boards still allow posting after
> closing time. This is generally because some website teams have been able to
> reschedule their production work in order to moderate their own overnight
> queue of messages, and so have taken on this additional responsibility. We
> are looking at all sorts of ways to enable a more accessible service, but
> please bear in mind that this may mean that we have to make further changes
> to the way the boards are currently run. Please note that we do aim to
> provide as much prior notice of any change as we possibly can.
> >
> > We do value your contributions and hope you'll continue to enjoy posting.
> >
> > BBCi Messageboard Team

Gray D response:-

If
       "only a small number of users were posting outside of the stated opening hours"
then
       dealing with a few posts shouldn't be a problem
       keep site open 24/7                         'Comment - like the rest of the web, you idiots
else
       'Comment - management is not competent
       delete management
end if