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Right wing thread closes

  • 28-06-2023 06:52PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,766 ✭✭✭


    Firstly may I say I have no issue with the closure of the thread. I hadn’t read it all but it was going along the usual lines for that type of thread.

    What I have an issue with is that Ten of Swords closed the thread at 1:57.

    How is it then that ancapailldorcha was able to post at 2:26?

    If the post at 2:26 was a mod action then it would be understandable. But it wasn’t. It was a reply to a comment. Could it be that ancapailldorcha used his mod abilities to reopen a thread just to post a comment and then close it again?

    is this not a bit of a breach of powers?

    Post edited by Beasty on


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  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 26,442 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Not necessarily. It can be done without realising it was closed. Mods have the permissions to reply directly onto a closed thread. There's no other action needed other than to post normally.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,092 ✭✭✭Dr Turk Turkelton


    I believe ancapailldorcha is currently unwell and will not be able to answer any questions to the committee at the present time.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,766 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    Fair enough. Seems like a plausible explanation. Another gift from vanilla so!! Is this on the list of things to get fixed, as it does look quite bad from a user perspective



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,991 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    It was always possible for an appropriate section mod to post in a closed thread - if you want to give a reason and don't want to risk other posts happening while its still open its the safest thing to do.

    Vanillas contribution to this as a problem is that a thread being closed is *completely invisible* on mobile if you're a mod in that category. Thread looks normal, reply box is there as usual. It is shown as locked on browser but I would do 90% of my posting on mobile.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,766 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    I was never a mod on the old platform so I can’t definitively say whether what you’ve posted is correct, so I’ll take your word for it.

    But I wouldn’t consider it appropriate. I don’t think that a mod should be allowed post a reply to a comment after a thread is locked. If the mod feels the need for a mod action that’s one thing, but this wasn’t a mod action, it was just a comment. Feels a bit like a game of oneupmanship, “I can comment and you can’t”

    For what it’s worth the there is a line saying “this discussion is closed” and in the menu the thread is marked as closed.

    i don’t get how there can be half an hour between a thread being locked and a mod just happening to post a reply…




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  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 21,834 Mod ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    Is it possible that the mod was reading the thread, responded to a post and only when it was posted saw the thread closure note?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,766 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    Going by what Spear and L1011 have said anything is possible. And I'm not trying to cause trouble for ancapailldorcha or anything like that. Firstly I was wondering how it happened, and your suggestion is quite probable. Secondly I was wondering if this is one of those 'undocumented features' that the rest of us call bugs and is it on the wishlist of fixes, because it does look a little bad. Maybe once the mod in question realised the thread was locked they should have deleted their post? I don't know, but from a user experience it looks wrong.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 43,118 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    I just saw this thread.

    I've no idea which thread the OP was referring to. If it was closed, I would not have posted on it deliberately.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 53,902 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i think it was the 'why is there no appetite for a right wing party in ireland', possibly?



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 43,118 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



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