Deleting/locking

[durron597]

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In the Micro forum, we have a designated no content thread where we direct people to post bad beats, downswing rants, brags and the like. This system has actually worked quite well. You might want to consider it for SS, too. If I'm the first to get to a NC post, and it's from a semi-veteran, I lock the post w/ a direction to post that in the NC thread. If it's from someone brand new, I'll tell them to post NC stuff there in the future, but I won't lock their thread unless a flame war breaks out. I don't want to scare off new posters. If it's a strategically minded question, even a stupid one, I'll let it live unless it really degrades into a flame war, in which case I'll lock it with a note. Trolling gets locked right away, again with a note. If I lock something, I always leave a note as to why, and so that people can send me PM if they disagree w/ my decision. I only delete spam threads. I guess I'd delete NSFW stuff, but we don't get any of that.

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We had this for awhile, then I got complaints from people who read in expanded mode. But the STTers seem to like low content posts so just letting it be works for us.

[BottlesOf]

Right, and this is the only way to look at a forum's top page. I need to see who is responding to a thread before chosing whether or not to read it. I doubt I'm alone.

[MrWookie47]

Ah, ok. If you browse in expanded mode, yeah, it'd be pretty unweildly. I guess no one in the micros does, however. I've received zero complaints.

[BottlesOf]

They're probably just less anal than me and/or they don't have a crappy computer at work.