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Unread 12-02-2012, 19:48
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Re: How should we react to posts?

I'm in agreement with IndySam's suggestion, of deleting the thread entirely, PMing the poster with the reason it was taken down, and give the poster a second chance to state his or her opinion on CD in a more appropriate matter.

The community that doesn't have Mod status should do one of two things: Respond to the posters question (if there is one) or ignore it. "By giving attention to it, we've managed to make the situation bigger than it was." Why do we always have to defend our hive like bees and then turn into the bullies? Just ignore the thread. Or, if you can find a question or issue posed by the original poster, answer it. The topic the poster proposed in the end, is a valid one. If you have an answer for it, answer it, or if you want to debunk the question, debunk it. But we should not just simply sit there in the thread and act like fools mocking the poster and his post.

It then is the job of the Mod and forum supervisors to act on the thread in a way that corresponds with the rules of the Chief Delphi community. In this case, immediate deletion of the thread and notification to the poster should have been the proper course of action.

In this case, I feel that the actions taken in this situation is akin to bullying another poster simply for a lack of judgement. The poster had less than 10 posts; don't expect someone to just easily mold into the community at large instantaneously. It should not be up to the moderation staff to openly mock someone for their posts, nor accuse them of being a "jerk" openly.

Also, negative rep is never an appropriate response to ANY situation.
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