"Post moved / deleted / etc." messages

[David Bailey]

We've had these for a while now - the idea was to inform you of what the Mods are doing, so you don't get a sense that your posts have disappeared into the ether or whatever.

So, do people think these are a good thing? Bad thing? Any suggestions for improvements / changes?

[Cruella]

They are fine as they are. Although when I get one in my inbox, I instantly feel like i'm about to be chastised, due to all the 'posts deleted' i've recieved in the past. :wink:

[Double Trouble]

when I get one in my inbox,

:what:It's enough to make your eye's water.:tears:

[Cruella]

:what:It's enough to make your eye's water.:tears:

Not as much as one in your outbox!

[Double Trouble]

Not as much as one in your outbox!

:rofl:Saucy Mare:wink:

[killingtime]

So, do people think these are a good thing?

I'm with the good thing. Let you know that your post has been deleted for whatever reason. I guess if you take issue with it you can then complain (though I haven't :D).

[Yliander]

would be good to a get a message when a post has been edited by a moderator as well

[Double Trouble]

I guess if you take issue with it you can then complain (though I haven't :D).

I wouldn't bother...trust me, no matter how unjust you think it might be, it will fall on deaf ears, my friend.:rolleyes:

It's a bit like the penalties awarded in a football match. You see the players protest and sometimes they have a point...but the decision is never changed.

[Gav]

would be good to a get a message when a post has been edited by a moderator as well

Moderators edit messages!
I'm disgusted.
Who do they think they are?
Hrumph. :devil:

[HelenB]

I'm with the good thing. Let you know that your post has been deleted for whatever reason. I guess if you take issue with it you can then complain (though I haven't :D).

:yeah:

[Lynn]

The only minor issue I would have is that it seems to be for every post. So if I've made about 3 posts in a thread that has gone off topic and a new thread is created for the new discussion - I then get 3 'post moved' PMs - wheras one would suffice to let me know that thread has been split to form a new subject.

Not sure if there is any way of changing that, and like I said, its a minor point.

[drathzel]

would be good to a get a message when a post has been edited by a moderator as well

:yeah: i had to reply and ask why!

[Trousers]

The whole things a bit nanny state though isn't it?

Wander a little to the edge of the original subject and wham! yes WHAM! you have a new thread started.

There may be a time and a place for intervention of this type but every thread actually started seems to spawn multiple threads that I bet the authors of the digressions didn't want to start.

This is not a Formal Forum we are not discussing issues that will change or affect (I hope) peoples lives in major ways. Surely therefore some amount of meandering through a subject and other subjects that forumites feel are worthy of mention under the initial thread subjects is acceptable.

Personally |I feel that the only person that ought to be able to chop a thread and instigate a new thread (or at least request that this happens) is the author of the original post. It's their thread, the way it evolves is their concern. They have the ability to jump on the thread and post that "it's off topic and can we come back to subject" and maybe that will be enough. Or they could request a thread split from one of the moderators.
In that case then a little note saying "I, David James, Moderator Extraordinaire! have split this thread on request from Johnny FartPants"
That would work for me.

But this constant jerking about with millions (ok well it is lots) of threads is changing, no it has changed the dynamics of the forum. There are no interesting threads at the moment, ok there are lots of threads mostly started by Gus but nothing I want to really sink my teeth into.

I quite liked the way one persons thoughts would raise issues in the next person and so on and the discussion would evolve in here as they do in real life. It was like being with a bunch of mates having a laugh over a few beers putting the world to rights. Now the analogy is like being with a bunch of mates having a laugh over a few beers putting the world to rights when half of them get dragged out into another room because they aired a different opinion. It is stupid! Conversations are not like that. No subjects are taboo unless the members of the conversation deem them to be.

So are the little messages any use Yes I suppose they are

However if the moderators refrained from molesting the threads until the originator asked them to I bet we'd see a lot less of them and that in my opinion would be to the benefit of the forum.

[David Bailey]

That's all a bit off-topic, but I'll resist from splitting the thread :grin:

ANyway, the consensus is that the messages are useful, I think.