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Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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August 2, 2009
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Question about moving posts

  • August 2, 2009
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Hi again folks.

I can't help but to notice that when someone mistakenly posts in this forum, the post isn't simply moved to the proper venue. Instead, there seems to be a general reply that this isn't the place and sometimes a link to the correct venue is offered. I'm curious to know why you don't simply move the post to the correct venue and be done with it?

Cheers... Rick

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    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    August 3, 2009

    Captiv8r wrote:

    …why you don't simply move the post to the correct venue and be done with it?

    Let's see…  someone wanders in here by mistake, you move his post, and you expect him to find it again, ever? 

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8rAuthor
    Legend
    August 3, 2009

    Frankly, if they s/he is so lost that they aren't certain what forum to post in, I'd be shocked to find that they knew exactly how to locate their post here in this forum if all they had was the forum interface to go on.

    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    August 3, 2009

    But there are also hundreds of posts every day (by newcomers) that end up in a perfectly correct forum.

    But I also remember a few weeks ago that I had to ask where the Shockwave Player forum was - I couldn't find it myself...


    pwillener wrote:

    But there are also hundreds of posts every day (by newcomers) that end up in a perfectly correct forum.

    Yes, the majority of users find their way.  But there will always be those who are one can short of a sixpack.

    A
    Anonymous
    August 2, 2009

    Most of us "folks" don't have the magic powers to move posts.


    You rarely see anyone around here who can do that, so we try to help in our own little way.

    Captiv8r
    Captiv8rAuthor
    Legend
    August 2, 2009

    Okay. I thought most everyone here was a moderator in their own forums.

    Thanks for the explanation!

    Happy Sunday to you... Rick

    Phillip M Jones
    Phillip M Jones
    Inspiring
    August 2, 2009

    No way! If I was a Moderator everyone else would leave of their own volition. I wouldn't have to moderate anyone. Although, I am a moderator for the Imtuit Yahoo Group.

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