lollyp0p said:

If anyone calls me RED I am gonna have them reported too

Fleshofmyflesh said:

Okay, I admit it.

FEDREATHERS said:

I know you didn't just try to bring the N-word into the discussion...

I think anyone who feels the need to spew out they're ignorance by saying they don't like Madonna or Kylie should be banned!

Fleshofmyflesh said:

i think this is all silly really

FunkMistress said:

so because I mention religion in this thread, is it gonna get moved over to P&R?


Or if I say Prince its also gonna get moved to Prince Forum?

FEDREATHERS said:

How about crimson?

Similar threads have been locked.

FunkMistress said:

Whaddya mean???

FEDREATHERS said:

You're not listening. I never said any thread should be moved anywhere.

FunkMistress said:

Is it a gay thing?

Political correctness gone mad I say

FunkMistress said:

So there we go then. Each person who posts probably thinks which forum a thread should go into. If we had a thread on “Prince’s religion compared to Wendy and Lisa’s, who met up one day and went to a concert and talked politics and some other crap” where would you put it?

Discretion

MODERATION is there to correct and protect. As a senior Moderator Handsclap was called, in a forum where threads have been needlessly locked.


Why are threads locked when there is nothing wrong with them?

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PREDOMINANT said:

The SuperFamnatics forum.

FunkMistress said:

That would be some scary ass thread huh?

PREDOMINANT said:

You know we'd lurk there anyway, just to see what was going on...

They're on pubic hair again...

PREDOMINANT said:

The threads were hasty, broad generalizations about various races. Some people may consider them offensive, some may not. It so happens that some of us moderating the site considered them offensive, and out of line with the forum rules.

There is no black and white, crystal clear criteria for exactly what can and cannot be said. It's exactly as you stated above, discretion. But just because one mods opinion of what is offensive and what is not doesnt isn't the same as yours, doesn't necessarily mean its wrong.

Tom said:

Right....so the same mod who is offended by black people loving formal living rooms isn't offended by white women in porn movies.
Makes sense. DISCRETION

Tom said:

but the thread being discussed the one with reference to the black people roping of a room had nothing offensive in it and the mod who locked it even said that

may as well lock this up, cuz i know how it'll turn out in a minute.

we are adults wouldn't a simple

"play nice" ok i am being silly now

but surely you can't choose to lock a thread for what MIGHT or MIGHT NOT be posted on it.

Fleshofmyflesh said:

The white women in porn thread was locked, get over it already.

FunkMistress said:

only after it was pointed out that it wasn't and i guess the fact the black dining room thing looked very tame next to it

FunkMistress said:

Funk, the white women in porn thread was posted today at 5:23am and sat there for a good few hours.
My thread on black people and living rooms was locked within minutes.
Gimme a break with your funky ass.

Fleshofmyflesh said:

Or don't get over it.

Tom said:

So what you are saying is that if you think it's offensive it gets locked. That, my friend, is not moderation. We all have a different level of offence, but as moderators surely it is your "job" (for want of a better word) to encourage fair play and good general discussion OBJECTIVELY. If it is clearly offensive then lock it, if not let it pan out, don't judge it against your personal morals; that is not moderation. Lolly is right on, why not post a warning instead of locking on a presumption that chaos MIGHT ensue?


Thanks for taking time to explain your corner though.

Fleshofmyflesh said:

you need to stop assuming that we see every single thread....i will look at a forum and read a couple threads and miss others....theres no conspiracy people!!


..and let me ask you this, what was the intent of the thread in the first place? what were you trying to achieve by creating your thread?

sosgemini said:

Now we're getting to the heart of it.
I was trying to initiate a humorous dialogue.
That's it.
Nothing more.
I should have realized that the most humorous dialogues begin with white women and porn. My bad.

sosgemini said:

I realise that, but these were reported threads. By maybe one person. If one person reports a thread is it locked? Nope, you moderate a decision and that moderation seems bias. Thats all.

PREDOMINANT said:

i like how you answered your own question..


but heres the shocker, the correct answer to your question is "no".....we do not lock up every thread that is reported.

and this is exactly why there's the thing about orgnoting mods about their decisions in the site rules...