Managing your own threads

pgtxThreads: 49 Posts: 6,327 Joined: Feb 14, 09 MEMBER ♀	Oct 14, 10, 18:28 #1
Dear Admin; Could PF members manage their own threads? I'm talking about deleting posts/cleaning up. If not all of them, so maybe only the off-topic once? I think it'd take lots of work out of yours and mods head. With love and care, pgtx

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Oct 14, 10, 18:56 #2
That would be an excellent idea but it's not going to happen. Admin likes his buttons and his power way too much to share.

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,783 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Oct 14, 10, 19:01 #3
pgtx: Dear Admin; Do you have threads of your own?

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Edited by: SeanBM Oct 14, 10, 19:28 #4

If I had control of my threads, I would delete all those that disagreed with me or those that just don't make my grade.

I would be consumed with lust for power, it wouldn't stop there.

I'd have to then go on to control this site, then another, then another, until I controlled the internet.

You would think that my need for power would stop there, wouldn't you?
But oh, no, I would then be so addicted to power, I'd be like a junky.

MMMWWWAAA HA HA! HA! HA!

I would eventually take over the world and all because of pgtx!

I think it's a wonderful idea :)

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Oct 14, 10, 21:00 #5

Thread starters in some forums (especially the classifieds ones) may remove their own threads themselves.

The idea seems good at first, but it would cause too much confusion and less usability. If you could delete your own posts and somebody else quoted or referred to your post later, some of your post would still stay in the quote and since the quoted message would not exist any more it would confuse the reader etc. In time it would cause more chaos than good.

pgtxThreads: 49 Posts: 6,327 Joined: Feb 14, 09 MEMBER ♀	Oct 14, 10, 21:03 #6
Admin: , some of your post would still stay in the quote and since the quoted message would not exist any more it would confuse the reader etc. what if quotes would disappear along with the deleted posts?

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Oct 14, 10, 21:11 #7
Admin: In time it would cause more chaos than good. Some of the threads we have now are useless as there is too much off-topic and/or name calling/personal insults in them. Mods can't be bother to clean them up as they don't care about off-topic threads (believe me: I tried). So there is not much loss as there is chaos already.

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Edited by: plk123 Jan 25, 11, 01:52 #8

Admin:

If you could delete your own posts and somebody else quoted or referred to your post later, some of your post would still stay in the quote and since the quoted message would not exist any more it would confuse the reader etc. In time it would cause more chaos than good.

hmm.. sure sounds just like the moderator moderating around here..

Bzibzioh:

Some of the threads we have now are useless as there is too much off-topic and/or name calling/personal insults in them. Mods can't be bother to clean them up as they don't care about off-topic threads (believe me: I tried). So there is not much loss as there is chaos already.

said the queen of chaos and insults.. hmm

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Edited by: skysoulmate Jan 25, 11, 02:11 #9

pgtx:

Dear Admin;

Could PF members manage their own threads? I'm talking about deleting posts/cleaning up.

If not all of them, so maybe only the off-topic once?

I think it'd take lots of work out of yours and mods head.

With love and care,
pgtx

Agree 100% Well, maybe not the "love" part :)

Admin:

...If you could delete your own posts and somebody else quoted or referred to your post later, some of your post would still stay in the quote and since the quoted message would not exist any more it would confuse the reader etc...

Huh? You just described some of the editing I've seen when done by the mods. Several times I've seen someone reply seemingly to no one, as the original question had been removed (RT) whereas the reply stayed. I think you are underestimating the members' ability to moderate their own threads. The person who started the thread probably knows the best what he/she wants to focus on. It's not a critical issue and I don't know how it would be achieved logistically but her idea sounds very dandy to me.

Chicago PollockThreads: 10 Posts: 638 Joined: Apr 10, 10 ♂	Jan 25, 11, 06:13 #10
Bzibzioh: Some of the threads we have now are useless as there is too much off-topic and/or name calling/personal insults in them. That's the internet. It's the same all over.

alexw68	Edited by: alexw68 Jan 25, 11, 08:52 #11
Bzibzioh: Some of the threads we have now are useless as there is too much off-topic and/or name calling/personal insults in them. Correct. The solution is to ban/suspend on a more regular and consistent basis. Whoosh! Was that a pig I saw up there above the skyline?

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Edited by: Bzibzioh Jan 25, 11, 12:30 #12

plk123:

hmm.. sure sounds just like the moderator moderating around here..

Oh, king of pointless posting and sucking up to mods is back. Splendid.

plk123:

said the queen of chaos and insults.. hmm

Still stalking me I see... don't worry: as long as you suck up to mods constantly, you can be as vulgar and insulting as you wish.

alexw68:

Correct. The solution is to ban/suspend on a more regular and consistent basis.

It's way too simple solution. It's more convenient to suspend intelligent posters who dare to criticize mods and leave annoying but sucking up to mods twats, like this one above, alone, as they are doing now.
I suggested moderating our own threads long time ago in PM to admin but he flatly refused. I think managing those in off topic at least would be a good idea; something like mini-blogging. But they are stuck in old format plus their not consistent moderating policies are making this forum losing good posters and painfully repetitive.

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Jan 25, 11, 12:51 #13

Bzibzioh:

It's more convenient to suspend intelligent posters who dare to criticize mods and leave annoying but sucking up to mods twats, like this one above, alone, as they are doing now.

Of course you are referring to Trener Zolwia yet again, its cute that youre still pining for him, i notice you hardly post when hes not around, cowards attack in packs hey? Cut off the head and the body dies. LOL

Bzibzioh:

are making this forum losing good posters

The only good posters being lost around here are direct results of your (and crew of course) queen of mean tactics. Back to your old banned buddy TZ he was the master of off topic, in thousands of posts he only ever mentioned Poland a few times. You and he were always talking about everything but Poland.

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Jan 25, 11, 12:57 #14

Wroclaw Boy:

The only good posters being lost around here are direct results of your (and crew of course) queen of mean tactics. Back to your old banned buddy TZ he was the master of off topic, in thousands of posts he only ever mentioned Poland a few times. You and he were always talking about everything but Poland.

I disagreed with TZ most of the time but if the reasons you stated above is why you decided to ban him then you should've banned many more members here. My perception is that had TZ been just as obnoxious as he often was but belonged to the leftist, more of an anti-American faction here on PF he'd still be welcomed to this forum.

alexw68

Edited by: alexw68 Jan 25, 11, 12:59 #15

skysoulmate:

My perception is that had TZ been just as obnoxious as he often was but belonged to the leftist, more of an anti-American faction here on PF he'd still be welcomed to this forum.

Hmmm, I think it was more musical differences. That whole pro/anti-Polish meme is a bit of a red herring when you get down to it. But yeah, there are a ton of others (mainly the ones who have Jack to say about Poland at all) who should have got the same treatment.

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Jan 25, 11, 13:02 #16

alexw68:

Hmmm, I think it was more musical differences. That whole pro-anti Polish meme is a bit of a red herring when you get down to it. But yeah, there are a ton of others (mainly the ones who have Jack to say about Poland at all) who should have got the same treatment.

I mean we have some unashamed racists here on PF but God forbid you hate socialism and have some issues with women as TZ apparently did and become a sarcastic drama queen - you're gone!

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Jan 25, 11, 13:07 #17

skysoulmate:

the reasons you stated above is why you decided to ban him

I cant ban anybody and they weren't the reasons, its a personal issue i have with members that come here and talk everything but Poland.

In TZ's case he was just playing a big game, i guarantee hes doing exactly the same things on other forums as he did here. He was at the beginning a real trouble maker, then he decided this forum was a cool place to chat and changed his ways, he had plenty of warnings and suspensions before the actual ban.

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Edited by: delphiandomine Jan 25, 11, 13:08 #18

skysoulmate:

I mean we have some unashamed racists here on PF but God forbid you hate socialism and have some issues with women as TZ apparently did and become a sarcastic drama queen - you're gone!

Wasn't the reason he was booted more to do with ignoring the constant requests to stop posting about "llama" everywhere?

Nothing to do with his political views or even his complete lack of knowledge/interest about Poland.

alexw68	Jan 25, 11, 13:13 #19
delphiandomine: Wasn't the reason he was booted more to do with ignoring the constant requests to stop posting about "llama" everywhere? That and being pretty bloody hostile to Mods on the open forum, God knows what he was like on PM. You might not like what's going on here, but there's a right and a wrong way to get something done about it...

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Edited by: delphiandomine Jan 25, 11, 13:15 #20

alexw68:

You might not like what's going on here, but there's a right and a wrong way to get something done about it...

Well, trying to fight an unelected admin on the internet is never going to succeed.

(unless of course, you bring down the forum repeatedly until the admin gives up - seen that happen a couple of times)

Incidentally, ever seen real democracy on an internet forum, where the admin/moderators are elected?

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Edited by: skysoulmate Jan 25, 11, 13:16 #21

Wroclaw Boy:

In TZ's case he was just playing a big game, i guarantee hes doing exactly the same things on other forums as he did here. He was at the beginning a real trouble maker, then he decided this forum was a cool place to chat and changed his ways, he had plenty of warnings and suspensions before the actual ban.

That's fair enough although I do miss his perceptions here. His posts were oozing with sarcasm but this forum is dominated by the leftist ideology and every now and then it was nice to see someone stand up to you socialists - yes you too.

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Edited by: Bzibzioh Jan 25, 11, 13:17 #22
skysoulmate: have some issues with women as TZ apparently did Huh???? I hope you are sarcastic. skysoulmate: That's fair enough No, it's not. skysoulmate: His posts were oozing with sarcasm but this forum is dominated by the leftist ideology and every now and then it was nice to see someone stand up to you socialists - yes you too. Good point.

skysoulmateThreads: 41 Posts: 3,039 Joined: Jan 10, 10 ♂	Jan 25, 11, 13:19 #23
Bzibzioh: skysoulmate: have some issues with women as TZ apparently did Huh???? I hope you are sarcastic. Oops, sorry I think the woman issue was Zimmy I was thinking of. Either way, yes I do miss TZ posts believe it or not.

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	Jan 25, 11, 13:24 #24
skysoulmate: but this forum is dominated by the leftist ideology and every now and then it was nice to see someone stand up to you socialists - yes you too. You could say this forum reflects Poland as a whole - socialist in nature, a few JKM (economically) supporters and generally a high level of awareness of the needs of eveyone in society.

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Edited by: skysoulmate Jan 25, 11, 13:28 #25

delphiandomine:

You could say this forum reflects Poland as a whole - socialist in nature, a few JKM (economically) supporters and generally a high level of awareness of the needs of eveyone in society.

I certainly hope that you're wrong because if your comparison is correct then a large portion of the Polish population consists of communists, jewhaters and homophobes and I refuse to believe that.

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 57 Posts: 5,474 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER ♂	Jan 25, 11, 14:14 #26
Bzibzioh: No, it's not. He was suspended around 10 times within 4 months, he was constantly being warned on the forum. Whats not fair about that? Ahh your just biased because he gave you special attention.

OlafThreads: 8 Posts: 1,369 Joined: Oct 29, 09 ♂	Jan 25, 11, 15:27 #27
pgtx: Could PF members manage their own threads? Wow! You can actually have your own posts?!?

AdminThreads: 75 Posts: 3,092 Joined: Oct 31, 05 ♂ [Administrator]	Jan 25, 11, 17:46 #28
Bzibzioh: But they are stuck in old format plus their not consistent moderating policies are making this forum losing good posters and painfully repetitive. In December 2010 there were 23% more visitors to the site than there were in December 2009.

z_dariusThreads: 22 Posts: 5,091 Joined: Oct 18, 07 ♂	Jan 25, 11, 18:04 #29
Bzibzioh: But they are stuck in old format plus their not consistent moderating policies are making this forum losing good posters and painfully repetitive. Admin: In December 2010 there were 23% more visitors to the site than there were in December 2009.

AdminThreads: 75 Posts: 3,092 Joined: Oct 31, 05 ♂ [Administrator]	Jan 25, 11, 18:08 #30
if(visitors_2010>visitors_2009) then (posters_2010>posters_2009)

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