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I'm asking because I'm not sure what to make of the feature we have of disapproving posts - when do we use it? What's the boundary line?
I look at this thread in particular because a user started it off by saying "he looks like a giant tool." Unnecessary, and I think there should be some consequence for that. A warning, a note in the thread, or a personal message, perhaps. But is it vulgar? Outrageous? I don't know. It's odd and it's rude - but it's nothing that would deserve an "Edited by Mod" line even. As a consequence of hiding this post, a lot of other OK posts that respond to it (i.e, "If by tool, you mean an item in which controls the line of scrimmage and pancakes the o-line....I agree with you. ") were hidden - and I just wonder if all this is necessary.
If it were a thread-derailing type of thing, I could see why, but despite that one senseless comment everything is still pretty on topic. I guess I'm just wondering if there are people who posted in it looking at that thinking, "What did I do wrong? Why are the mods hiding my posts?"
So - just what I thought of when I saw this thread. I think on signing day, I unapproved some posts in the Owa thread, although for the same reasons I never felt really confident about what I was doing...so if others could chime in and offer a clearer perspective, that would be great.
I'm asking because I'm not sure what to make of the feature we have of disapproving posts - when do we use it? What's the boundary line?
I look at this thread in particular because a user started it off by saying "he looks like a giant tool." Unnecessary, and I think there should be some consequence for that. A warning, a note in the thread, or a personal message, perhaps. But is it vulgar? Outrageous? I don't know. It's odd and it's rude - but it's nothing that would deserve an "Edited by Mod" line even. As a consequence of hiding this post, a lot of other OK posts that respond to it (i.e, "If by tool, you mean an item in which controls the line of scrimmage and pancakes the o-line....I agree with you. ") were hidden - and I just wonder if all this is necessary.
If it were a thread-derailing type of thing, I could see why, but despite that one senseless comment everything is still pretty on topic. I guess I'm just wondering if there are people who posted in it looking at that thinking, "What did I do wrong? Why are the mods hiding my posts?"
So - just what I thought of when I saw this thread. I think on signing day, I unapproved some posts in the Owa thread, although for the same reasons I never felt really confident about what I was doing...so if others could chime in and offer a clearer perspective, that would be great.
