Blanket ban on replying to mods, deleting posts and expiry of warnings

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

You are right, the ideal way is to make a comment that a post was deleted. It's unfortunately not always practical to do it.

I accept this fully. I've no idea how much of a PITA it is to clean a thread up and all that entails. I'm fully aware how real life can sometimes get in the way etc. However, adding an extra sentence when you're already typing up a warning post that contains 10-15 sentences isn't exactly asking for the moon. Even editing the post to say "Post deleted" isn't that much extra work than deleting it. We're talking seconds here, in the grand scheme of things.

But i get your point, I offer my apologies for any inconvenience caused and I will strive to be more consistent in this approach. There is a concern that frequently having mod notes on thread that a post was deleted may grate on people, but I guess we will deal with this if it ever comes up as an issue in future feedback threads.

No need to apologise, this is nothing personal against either you or the mod who banned me. But again, there was already a mod post being typed and instructions issued. I'm not asking for a separate post every time something is deemed unsuitable, just add it to the mod post. Adding three or four words to an post that is going up anyway hardly qualifies as frequent. It's already done pretty much everywhere on Boards.

I don't necessarily agree that the mods should provide a reason every time they delete a post - at least not on thread. If the post has been deleted, people wouldn't know anyway what it contained, so it wouldn't be of much help.

We can disagree on the first point, but your second point is part of the issue. If someone calls McGregor a scumbag and gets banned for it, then everyone can see how/why they were banned and there'll be no more posts calling him a scumbag. If you delete it and ban the poster, but nobody else is aware of it, you are pretty much guaranteed that there will be more people lining up to call him a scumbag. There is a false economy in not explaining yourself to save time, but then having to waste much more time doing the same thing over and over again. If you're trying to discourage certain behaviour from the unwashed masses, put the offenders' heads on spikes in the town square instead of locking them away in the tower. Shine a light on the messers and everyone else can see what qualifies as being a messer.

In this particular instance I deleted your post because, in my opinion, it was insensitive/crass. It was caught because it was reported as such, by more than 1 people.

Why not say so at the time then? Surely having to respond to threads such as these is more time consuming than explaining your rationale in the first instance?

I can't comment on whether it's fair or unfair to not be able to respond to a mod note/warning on thread. This is a decision that predates my becoming a mod. Any decision to change this rule should be made on higher level (probably admin level). I would say though that you are (or should be) aware of the current rule to not respond on a mod note on thread, and failure to comply with that can result in a warning/ban.

I fully accept this also, in no way am I holding you responsible for the policies of Boards inc. It's the main reason why I think appealing is a fool's errand. My own personal feeling is that having such a black and white rule in place is counter-productive. "You're not allowed to reply to this, full stop" was brought in to stop the bowsies from dragging stuff off topic via interminably debating instruction handed down. My post had nothing to do with what was contained in your mod post, in fact it was 100% to do with what was NOT INCLUDED. I could have PM'd you, but a) there's no guarantee it was you who removed them and b) we're back to the 'shining a light' analogy. It might help me to understand the reasoning behind a decision, but everyone else is still in the dark. Just add "posts deleted because [reason]….." to the mod post as happens everywhere else on Board.

The prior 1-day and 3-day bans are under your current account, not any previous accounts. You are correct, previous accounts aren't considered as part of the totting up CA process. In fact, mods don't know what previous accounts (if any) you have on the site. The points do expire. For example 1 point expires after a week, 2 points expire after 2 weeks. Having too many active points automatically generates a temporary siteban.

Thanks for the clarification. If they expire, but then are taken into account at a later date, then they don't really expire, though, do they? If you got 3 points that expired last year on your licence and you picked up another three tomorrow, and picked up a ban for accumulating 6 points, you'd be wondering what they meant by the first three having "expired".

Hope this clarifies somewhat, please let us know if you need any additional clarification on the topic.

Thanks again. And apologies if anything I've said on this or the other thread comes across as insulting or offensive. 'Twas never my intention.

I did, apologies