Thread Ethics and Design

[NonEntity]

A thread to try and improve "our" board.  Please feel free to contribute constructive ideas and maybe we can make our world a bit better off for it.  I'm starting this thread on my own for the following reason:

I'm dismayed that Neo has locked two threads in which I thought we were having a productive conversation, or at least that was what I was attempting.

I hereby repost a comment that I made in one of the threads which Neo locked, because I think it is important.  If you disagree, please feel free to comment and let me and others know your thinking, but you will NOT be able to lock this thread and prevent others from expressing their thoughts.


Quote from: Neo on Today at 08:40:19 AM
And even if I deleted any of my posts or threads, I wouldn't do so until all those I feel should be banned would be and, if not banned, certain threads of there's deleted or locked, or certain posts, like many of your posts, as you already know, which I considered inappropriate.

---------- this was the end of the quoted material from Neo, and my thoughts continue below...


On this topic I'll share this idea:  I used to be on a board/community where the posts were permanent.  It was  permanent record that anyone could refer back to at any time.

I like that idea.  I find the deletion of posts reprehensible.  If I said something then I said it and that is that.  If I made an ass of myself then that is what I did and I cannot change that fact.  What I CAN do is to comment, ammend, apologize or explain.  That, to me, is the more responsible way of behaving in my life.  To pretend I didn't say something is childish, in my opinion.

So I favor having a board where deletions cannot occur except in a very short time frame to correct mistakes, or by the Admin for their own reasons... it IS their board, afterall.

I would suggest that someone might be able to add explanatory material to a previous post perhaps, but not to delete nor edit it after a day or two at most.

In my ideal world this is what I currently see as being a good model.

- NonE


That is the end of the quoted material from the thread that Neo locked.

I would like to continue discussing the ideas of how to better this board with those who care to work toward that goal.  I will NOT be deleting posts nor locking this thread as I don't consider that honorable behavior.

- NonE