Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.

[Shell B]

So many threads get closed these days. It's lame. That's my commentary.

I recently 'put down' some threads.  I don't do it lightly, but in this case they were identical postings, most had no replies and were violating the TOS.  Even then, I don't lightly do that.  Despite a goodly number of admins and mods, sometimes action is warranted and there aren't too many staff on line to consult with.  Forum software does allow us to highlight a thread so most of the members cannot see it but staff can, and that condition can be undone if upon reflection it is decided a given thread is OK.  It's always a tough call for me to blip an entire thread even if the opening post in a thread violates the Terms of Service but there are responses to it that do not.

Oh, I don't even see those. I'm not logged on enough to see the repeat postings go buh-bye. I basically mean threads getting locked when members can't get along instead of members being warned or threads being closed in the staff questions forum when they've turned into a discussion. Again, not a huge deal. I'm not getting on a "staff are such assholes" kick, just to be abundantly clear. I'm just saying I'd prefer threads that have provoked discussion and don't break the rules be allowed to run their course. I don't expect anything to change because of that gripe. I'm just having a gripe.