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[Dennis1209]

I've noticed here on Worthy recently there's been a number of threads suddenly removed and deleted, such as ; Does the Holy Spirit laugh, and Guns or Security Guards in Churches, among others.

I didn't notice an inordinate amount of bickering, personal attacks or Worthy rules being broken unless I missed them or didn't pay attention. Certainly the moderators have every right to delete and remove any thread they deem inappropriate, or for whatever reason chosen. But it would be nice to realize what the offense(s) was, such as against Worthy rules? I'm not complaining, but curious. 

Thanks. 

Edited January 25, 2018 by Dennis1209
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[Dennis1209]

My big nose is just curious. One day they're there, the next day they're floating around in cyberspace somewhere with no good bye's or anything. Particle physics I suppose?

[frienduff thaylorde]

1 minute ago, Dennis1209 said:

My big nose is just curious. One day they're there, the next day they're floating around in cyberspace somewhere with no good bye's or anything. Particle physics I suppose?

Dennis , regardless of whether your nose is big or not ,   I LOVES YA ,  praise the LORD and give a shout of praise .

 

[Steve_S]

1 hour ago, Dennis1209 said:

I've noticed here on Worthy recently there's been a number of threads suddenly removed and deleted, such as ; Does the Holy Spirit laugh, and Guns or Security Guards in Churches, among others.

I didn't notice an inordinate amount of bickering, personal attacks or Worthy rules being broken unless I missed them or didn't pay attention. Certainly the moderators have every right to delete and remove any thread they deem inappropriate, or for whatever reason chosen. But it would be nice to realize what the offense(s) was, such as against Worthy rules? I'm not complaining, but curious. 

Thanks. 

To give an example. The guns or Security guards thread had 56 pages. Throughout the last 5 to 10 pages there were multiple terms of service violations involving multiple members. We do different things in different situations. Sometimes, and ideally, we will remove an individual from a thread if they are causing problems, sometimes more than one. Sometimes we will lock a thread. In that particular case, it was deleted because there were so many violations in just a small section of it that it would've taken quite a while to go through the entire thread and clean it up, remove any folks causing trouble, etc., and some of them were past the point where I'd have been comfortable simply locking it and leaving it visible with the violations still showing.

The reason for this is that we have a fairly small group of only volunteers. At this moment there are two people moderating the forums and a few others that help with other things such as approvals and being watchful, as well as for accountability for the moderators. When a thread grows to this size and many of the violations are not reported in it, bickering and contention can tend to take it over. Unfortunately, we do not have time to read even a fraction of the posts made here on a daily basis. We rely on members reporting posts that they believe violate the ToS or that they have a question about. Some members never report anything, some members report things frequently. What tends to happen in a thread like this is that someone will be reading through and realize there are a ton of violations and then report them all at once. Had things been reported earlier, before it got out of hand, we could've probably stopped it and preserved the thread. However, that didn't happen in this case.

The upshot of all of this is that probably more threads would be preserved if more posts were reported earlier, but more importantly, more threads would ultimately be preserved if people did not get so personal over simple disagreements in discussions.

[Dennis1209]

7 minutes ago, Steve_S said:

To give an example. The guns or Security guards thread had 56 pages. Throughout the last 5 to 10 pages there were multiple terms of service violations involving multiple members. We do different things in different situations. Sometimes, and ideally, we will remove an individual from a thread if they are causing problems, sometimes more than one. Sometimes we will lock a thread. In that particular case, it was deleted because there were so many violations in just a small section of it that it would've taken quite a while to go through the entire thread and clean it up, remove any folks causing trouble, etc., and some of them were past the point where I'd have been comfortable simply locking it and leaving it visible with the violations still showing.

The reason for this is that we have a fairly small group of only volunteers. At this moment there are two people moderating the forums and a few others that help with other things such as approvals and being watchful, as well as for accountability for the moderators. When a thread grows to this size and many of the violations are not reported in it, bickering and contention can tend to take it over. Unfortunately, we do not have time to read even a fraction of the posts made here on a daily basis. We rely on members reporting posts that they believe violate the ToS or that they have a question about. Some members never report anything, some members report things frequently. What tends to happen in a thread like this is that someone will be reading through and realize there are a ton of violations and then report them all at once. Had things been reported earlier, before it got out of hand, we could've probably stopped it and preserved the thread. However, that didn't happen in this case.

The upshot of all of this is that probably more threads would be preserved if more posts were reported earlier, but more importantly, more threads would ultimately be preserved if people did not get so personal over simple disagreements in discussions.

Thank you so much! I didn't expect such a detailed and clear response, that more than clears that up. 

And by the way, thank you all for volunteering your time and efforts in keeping Worthy the best Christian forum I've ever seen and being a part of. It's a pleasure talking about the Lord and His word with most the folks on here. 

[missmuffet]

1 hour ago, Dennis1209 said:

I've noticed here on Worthy recently there's been a number of threads suddenly removed and deleted, such as ; Does the Holy Spirit laugh, and Guns or Security Guards in Churches, among others.

I didn't notice an inordinate amount of bickering, personal attacks or Worthy rules being broken unless I missed them or didn't pay attention. Certainly the moderators have every right to delete and remove any thread they deem inappropriate, or for whatever reason chosen. But it would be nice to realize what the offense(s) was, such as against Worthy rules? I'm not complaining, but curious. 

Thanks. 

Sometimes people complain about a particular thread and get it deleted or the servers do not think it is appropriate for a Christian message board.

[Steve_S]

41 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

Thank you so much! I didn't expect such a detailed and clear response, that more than clears that up. 

And by the way, thank you all for volunteering your time and efforts in keeping Worthy the best Christian forum I've ever seen and being a part of. It's a pleasure talking about the Lord and His word with most the folks on here. 

Thanks and you're welcome! 

[Dennis1209]

33 minutes ago, eileenhat said:

None of those reasons were given for my thread's deletion.  Just stating there are many reasons threads are deleted.

I have found that the very best you can do for God is report the truth because in the end, that is all that is relevant.  A thread being deleted isn't important, to God.  We get caught up in wanting approval but no man's approval is necessary, in order to please God.

Romans 12: Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
 

Hi eileenhat,

I wasn't complaining or had a grudge, I just wanted to know because I didn't notice what was going on. Personally speaking, I think the moderators are very tolerant and I agree with the rules of conduct. 

Edited January 26, 2018 by Steve_S
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[HisFirst]

Am I the only one  on here who can delete my own threads??

......because I do have that option - not sure if I'm supposed too or....

[OneLight]

26 minutes ago, HisFirst said:

Am I the only one  on here who can delete my own threads??

......because I do have that option - not sure if I'm supposed too or....

No, I can also delete my own posts and threads I have started.   It may be assigned by grouping.