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Originally Posted by stretch37
1. PM the user and instruct them to re-phrase or alter their own post to be more appropriate.
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The problem with that is this...........
1:00AM Poster A insults poster B.
1:05AM Poster A goes offline.
2:00AM Mod A reads the message. Sends poster A a message asking them to edit their words. Logs out.
3:00AM Poster B logs in.
3:01AM Poster B reads poster A's message.
3:59AM Poster B finally finishes their post telling poster A various new and inventive ways they can go f##k themselves. Plays arcade for a few mins, goes offline.
5:00AM Poster C turns up. Reads Poster B's message and comes to the
defence of Poster A telling Poster B that they are an asshole for overreacting.
6:00AM Mod B logs in.
Reads the thread, sends posters AB&C messages to edit their posts.
7:00AM Posted D logs in.
Tells everyone to get along.
8:00AM Poster E "likes" Poster D's comment.
9:00AM Poster F yells at Poster A.
9:30AM Mod A logs back in.
Knowing they have already sent a message to Poster A, they send messages to Posters BC&F.
10:00AM Mod C logs in.
Reads thread and sends Posters ABC&F PM's asking them to change their posts.
11:00 Poster A logs in to a full PM box.
Edits message, but not enough to be acceptable.
11:30 Mod D logs in.
Sends messages to ABC&F telling them all to edit their messages, and logs off.
11:31AM Poster A sends PM to Mod D saying they've already done it.
In the meantime Posters GHIJKL&M have also put their $00.02 in.
11:43AM Mod E logs in, sees thread, runs for dear life.
That's a whole lot of PM's, and it's not even noon yet
And that's just one thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by stretch37
2. If the thing that was posted was *really* bad, Put the message in spoiler tags, and send the user a PM. This way, less users will see the post in passing, and it does not alter a person's own words, which I find greatly inappropriate in itself.
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It wouldn't work.
Human nature would make most posters click the hide button to see what's been said even though (or perhaps, especially) because they think it's because somebody has posted something offensive.
Example.