AB ED - Dictator?.......nope!

[flubber]

There are rules here whereby if a question is reported enough times then it is removed. I really don't think for one moment that ED sits and deletes those posts/questions that he finds personally distateful. Don't blame the ED, blame the members who took offence to a particular question or how it was worded and complained. After a certain number of complaints then the deletion kicks in (whether or not ED wanted it to) To my mind, if a subject raised is topical and raw to many then people will complain. Post the subject after things have died down and probably your post will survive. Think of how you write. Is your post going to be taken as offensive? If it might be then reword it. Please don't blame the ED - tthe AB rules tend to protect and they have set rules that automatically kick in when enough people complain. I have found AB always very unbiased and the ED particularly so.

[Gromit]

The problem is now that people know they can get a post removed in three easy steps, they will.

[Gromit]

But if enough people complained about the about question because it isn't really a question it is chat, and it was automatically remove, then I for one wouldn't blame the AB ED.

[kick3m0n]

Gromit - the problem is that the AB Ed has decided to be a bit more lenient about chat, more so on some sections of AB than others. I think partly this is due to an acceptance that such chat builds a sense of community which undoubtedly helps maintain a strong, regular presence on AB, and an acknowledgement that post Chatterbank, it was hard for many users to revert to a "no chat" AB. Also, chat means different things to different people. B&S does have threads which fall into the idle chit chat category but on other sections (I'm thinking Footie in particular) such "chat" is actually the to-ing and fro-ing of debate and discussion, it's the footie banter, if you will. Also, many of the (real) questions asked on AB do not require a simple facts or figures answer. They often require opinion or advice, and so conversation back and forth is a vital part of answering the posters query. I think AB Ed understands the neccessity of such chat, and so is generally trying to give more leeway where possible. To be honest, I would like to see the Report option "Chat" removed as I think it is (and has been) easily abused maliciously, especially in light of the apparent leniency now shown across the site. It allows threads to be reported and removed with out (in my opinion) genuine good reason (ie offensive, abusive etc) and is over used by the bullies and grumpies on occasions.

[admarlow]

i agree. p.s why was chatbank removed??

[kick3m0n]

admarlow....if you've seen B&S at it's very worst (agressive, vitriolic, childish and distasteful) then this was how CB ended up unfortunately. There were troublemakers and trolls and it just all got ridiculous to regulate. To do so would have required resources AB simply doesn't have.

[admarlow]

thats a shame it got spoilt, I used to like it :

[kick3m0n]

I was only on AB infrequently at that time so didn't really "know" any folk so it never really interested me much, never posted on CB once in the whole time it was there. Might be different now, but it's never gonna happen..... x