General [This forum is for non-technical general discussion]
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I understand the reasoning for moderators but not dictators that close things when healthy discussion is on-going. Sure there are people that make pointless and threatening statements. Those can be extracted or edited by the mods. Not close the whole thread. It's like certain mods want to stick our heads in the sand not moderate a discussion. My query to the mods and other members is 'How can a healthy, intelligent debate be allowed?' Especially when someone makes a misstatement or derogatory one that doesn't reflect the drift of a thread. Then the whole discussion to be cut off in the middle by a heavy handed mod. |
This belongs in LQ Suggestions and Feedback.
That aside, General needs some new rules and maybe a new charter. Meanwhile, I support "Rule #0" |
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Well I don't! It's as if the mods want to treat us like a First grade student. The members here on LQ do have knowledge along with intelligence and don't deserve to be treated in this manner. The Rule(0) is not moderatorship but dictatorship! As a mod you can edit or reject a post instead of cutting off a healthy on-going discussion. That is wrong to do such! |
Moved to LQ S&F.
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LQ is not a democracy---it is a service to the members. The only fundamental freedom here is the individual choice as to whether to participate.
The real answer to your concern is to try and have responsible moderators---I think LQ does this quite well. I am a relative newcomer, but my impression is that it is hard to find people willing to spend the time moderating according to LQ's standards. I see threads being closed for good reasons---almost never just some whim of a moderator. This said, several of us are discussing disallowing certain kinds of topics completely. |
As this was also sent to me offline, I'll copy my response here.
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"LQ is not a democracy---it is a service to the members. The only fundamental freedom here is the individual choice as to whether to participate." No one said anything about democracy but over handed mods. Continued actions of this sort will just cause most to leave. Since you say you will dictate to us as members what will be allowed then your charter will restrict members to lock step to the mods mindset not the members thus not servicing the members but that of the mods. In my mind that is dictation. As for the Rule(0), my opinion stands. Childish! |
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P.S.: I'm a "proud supporter" of Rule #0: You do not talk about Fight Club! No wait, that's not it. |
Also note that we make General very easy to completely avoid, so that's always an option.
--jeremy |
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I for one am involved in more than just technical things in my life. [General] does provide a avenue for members to converse about issues of today. Sure some venting should be moderated but heavy handed mods who just close a on-going intelligent discussion because of a errant member is just plain wrong. One mods bias, community or background should not dictate nor moderate what can be presented. Healthy discussions, be it technical or not can get heated but should not be abusive nor derogatory. I know we are members of a 'LQ World' but that too should not restrict our discussions nor limit the open presentation of information. |
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--jeremy |
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If the thread is a viable presentation of information and some errant member presents something that's adrift then spank that post not the whole thread. I don't care if it's aligned by my thoughts or not but if errant then correct that part not stop everything that's on-going. How will anyone 'leakage into the real forums as a means of circumventing this rule' perform this action? Simple question? Create a post in Slackware forum relative to a General topic would be obvious to the members and not be tolerated by anyone. :hattip: |
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