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Originally Posted by RobinMask
I really shouldn't get involved . . . but to play devil's advocate, do the mods really need to give reasons for deleting threads that are against site rules?
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Of course they should! Moreover, they should be obliged to do so if there isn't an obvious reason why a certain thread gets closed.
I don't agree with some of the rules to start with, but I can't do anything about that so I choose to accept them and not make a big deal out of it. However, it does piss me off sometimes to see a thread get closed or deleted for no apparent reasons. I made a game thread in the music section, it got deleted out of the blue cause all the sudden game threads were not allowed. Another thread I made was removed and I was never given an explanation cause no mod owned up to having closed it. The purpose of such thread was to reveal the users' real names or get other users to guess it by giving out clues. Totally harmless and non-controverial. Reason for being removed: still unknown. To me this makes no sense, especially when everyday I see much more pointless threads going on forever.
I know being a mod isn't always easy and you guys do a lot of stuff right too, but it is our job as part of a community to point out the few things you do wrong (from our subjective point of view) to make it a better place for everyone.
<-- that's the hippie in me talking.
As for that one particular thread, I personally don't think it was hatred and pure America bashing, I dislike Brits more than Americans and I doubt I'd make a thread get closed for reinforcing a stereotype of British people. I very much doubt Misa (who's a British mod) would have it closed, for instance.
MMM, I've too sensed that you get very touchy whenever someone brings up something to do with the US. It's ok to love one's country but it's also ok to overlook comments you might not like just because they carry a not-so-nice message about something you worship so much. I mean, you don't have to be so concerned all the time! We're not saying "all of the US population are this and that", we know the place's filled with lovely people (and there is no sarcasm in that, believe me, the people I admire the most in the whole world are American born, all of them, and I myself wish to move overseas someday because I truly believe the US is a great country to live in and has great things to offer), however, sometimes it's ok to joke around and admit the obvious, and by forbidding us to do so you are violating one of the core pillars of the whole American idea.
