Mother of all moderators

[cali yaris]

Now try doing that 20 times a day.

Besides spam, which is obvious, are 20 posts a day really edited/deleted? Just curious.

This is a bit unrealistic, precisely because it means more work for the moderators.

It's one extra step, a quick PM. If it's too much work, I respect that, but threads like this probably wouldn't exist if that policy were in place. I'm guessing that while yarisugi might not have agreed with the decision, a PM explaining it would have gone a long way. Just a thought. Long term, maybe less work? I don't know.

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

Besides spam, which is obvious, are 20 posts a day really edited/deleted? Just curious.

Maybe not 20/day as an average, but I'm sure it could come to that if we had to mass-delete threads by a flamer (it's happened before...)

Look, I have no problem in implementing this, quite simply because I don't tend to delete legitimate threads. Heck, I tend not to delete anything at all! Everything I "delete" is actually just hidden from view, accompanied by a short reason about why it was done. (Yes, even spam threads/posts aren't really deleted).

So I guess that it would make more sense to request that threads/posts should never be permanently deleted by moderators, no matter what. This way threads/posts can always be recovered if need be.

Whatever you guys choose, I'm game. Let's just try and figure out the best way to fix the problem first!