Who is voting down the posts?
Thu, 7 Aug 2008, 08:45 amjmuzz30 posts in thread
Who is voting down the posts?
Thu, 7 Aug 2008, 08:45 amI've already commented in a particular thread but I'm raising this as a general question - has anyone else noticed recently that there are certain posts that, whilst they may hold unpopular opinions, are not in any other way derrogatory and yet they appear to have been arbitrarily voted down?
Am I jumping at shadows here?
Is there a little self-appointed censorship gang out there?
In my opinion, someone or someones are flaunting the spirit of the website and censoring posts they happen to disagree with.
If you're not a little more careful I will vote up at my discretion that which you've voted down.
Whilst I hate the trolls I believe we should be seen to be democracy in action and my fear is someone is trying the autocratic approach. I have no trouble with voting down posts which villify, mock, or are just plain offensive but what I'm seeing goes beyond that.
It makes me angry.....you wouldn't like me when I'm angry (sorry, couldn't resist the last bit).
Anyone care to 'fess up?
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Fri, 8 Aug 2008, 05:50 pmWalter Plinge
Being PM'd in an abrasive rude and to some an offensive manner to remove a post because simply because the author didn't like or didn't agree with the replied post isn't right. That is what is happening behind the post in question.
There are better ways to address such a request. Losing credibility rudely and offensively in the process certainly isn't how i would conduct myself. Its also in my eyes an abuse of the PM system.
You don't need someones email details to PM, I never said email but i understand the privacy concern/question you have. But if you include this in your profile its there for all to see which can be used in the wrong way. Unfortunately there is no way to stop that its public information. But in this instance its PM's in question.