Abuse of the Delete Option

[Admin]

Originally Posted by jfrog

I think leaving severely negative comments on the board is worse than having them deleted from the board almost immediately. One stirs up more strife than the other.

I think any poster that would request admin leave all negative comments up is doing so in the wrong spirit to try and make others accountable instead of taking the delete gesture of a negative comment as an act of repentance.

If someone is truly overusing the delete option then have a convo with them about trying to think before they speak and that excessive use of that option is a problem. Moderation is a principle we can all agree with I think.

Severely negative comments need to be reported when found, and the admins then can look into them and delete them if necessary.

Sure, it's best that a person realize they've typed something less than graceful toward another member, and so, delete it. But this thread was created after several different members posted in several different areas of AFF, multiple posts in a row indicating their personal rancor with whomever they were attacking.

Those deleted posts weren't seen by any of you, so none of you know all the facts, and therefore cannot speak directly to the issue the way the admin team can.

So how about we lay this to rest and accept that abuse of the delete option for this reason will not be tolerated?

And if it occurs, then it can be handled on a one to one, individual basis. That's not what this thread is for. This is a general admonishment to all users, singling out none. Issues with this will lead to the person at fault being singled out through PM.