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Claudio González
Claudio González
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November 9, 2009
Question

Email notifying the deletion of an abusive post

  • November 9, 2009
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When performing a test to try to understand how the deletion of posts reported as abusive works, I had a post deleted, and received an email stating that

The content you posted below was reported for
abuse and removed by our  moderators

Now that Zeno Bokor has explained the process for me, I would like to suggest that this text is modified so that it clearly explains that the post was not only reported for abuse, but also considered as abusive by at least one moderator.

I have opened this discussion following Zeno's suggestion.

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    Anonymous
    November 30, 2009

    It is a joke right? If we natives don't report spam in the let's say for example photoshop windows forum, for 7 days in a row, it will be closed down. Nobody in their right mind would have the pelotas to do such a absurb thing. I will believe it when I see it.

    the_wine_snob
    the_wine_snob
    Inspiring
    November 15, 2009

    Claudio,

    Hope I got the attribution correct this time...

    I got one of these some years back. There was little in the way of discussion as to why my post was removed, though upon reflection, I was able to fill in those blanks. It would be good to explain, so that the error/infraction did not happen again. Besides the tacit removal of a post, there should be a learning aspect, as well.

    In a food/wine forum, I've had dozens of posts removed. With the vast majority, there was a full disclosure of the why. Often, there is some debate, as to the validity of the censoring, but not always. Still, there were a few, where it was "we think that you stepped over the line, so you are history in this thread."

    Hunt

    Claudio González
    Claudio GonzálezAuthor
    Legend
    November 15, 2009

    That was not my point at all. And I am surprised to be the only one who thinks that there is a great difference between having a post removed just because it was reported as abuse, or because it was considered abusive by one or more moderators.

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    Anonymous
    November 15, 2009

    Claudio, hiding behind the curtain is what protects the mods from explaining what they consider to be abusive when the rest of the world might not.  It's pretty clear it's a do as I say,  not as I do.

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