Footman
Personally I don't like censorship on just about any level except for obvious spam, illegal or totally disruptive posts. I've said it many times I do not agree with the deletion of posts just because it turns into a Q&A. I call that 'Micro-Managing' and personally think the people behind the scenes have better things to do with their time than that. Also, with TOO many options on what to post and where, you're inevitably going to run into problems especially if you try to have ardent rules governing see more them.

A forum with sub-forums is all that is needed. That would cover all the problems we're seeing here. It's really simple and I don't understand why it's been made so convoluted.

BUT... Having said that.

The powers that be here at Boonex have decided to have more control over what is posted where, and a heavy hand to delete those posts that are deemed 'against the rules.' They have implemented 'rules' to be followed here in an attempt to control the flow of information.

While I personally feel it's not right, it's their place, their rules. If we want to play in there sandbox we have to follow their rules, or at the very least understand why posts get deleted.

I'm building my sites and I'll monitor them as I see fit. In a way that works with my paradigm and way of thinking. But while I'm here I'll play by their rules.

Personally, I just don't add any post to my blog anymore. Too confusing.
tyke
Footman you are spot on with your comment over the forum_subforums and so on.

Ive been saying this all along, people dont like the forum, its too simple, not enough scope for everything,that silly forum spy that once you come off it, nobody can ever find your post again. If the forum was better in functionality, stickies and stuff, like all forums have, there wouldnt be any of this. It so frustrating that orca forum, it really needs a total rethink to bring it up to date with the rest of them.its see more just so outdated now and so people dont really want to use it.
DosDawg
Footman,
if a blog is in fact a blog, and not a technical support question from the beginning, then i have not seen where anything of the sort has been deleted. if a person as a new member or aged member who is unknowing of the rules, posts a technical support question in the blogs, the rules clearly state, that this is not where support questions should be posted. in the past support questions have been posted in the blogs and in some instances they have been answered. it is the intent of the see more site administration (owners) that all support related inquiries be posted on the support forums.

now i have somewhat of a concern that you would consider simple moderation and rule applicability to be a form of censorship.

' They have implemented 'rules' to be followed here in an attempt to control the flow of information.

I think this is not an accurate statement, nobody is trying to control the flow of information, the flow of information shall prevail, when posted in the designated area of the site. nobody is controlling the flow of information.

While I personally feel it's not right, it's their place, their rules. If we want to play in there sandbox we have to follow their rules, or at the very least understand why posts get deleted.

There are many sites with way more strict rules and moderation. This post was created as an attempt to create more discontent posting statements that were not factual. You are correct in one thing, just like any other site, the rules are posted, and the rules should be adhered to. these really are simple rules, and should not take much effort in following.

Regards,
DosDawg
 
 
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