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Originally Posted by wisdom
Did you just change the signature rule? If so, I appreciate that and so should the person who made this thread.
Now, putting my head on the guillotine, what about the issue of atmosphere that some of us have complained about? Another ongoing thread indicates that many visitors to this site probably go into increasing avoid mode if unhappy with things, me included. I'm mostly here to have fun discussing music, and I think I'm a typical non-spammy visitor in that sense, moderately sensitive and not here to "outgrow" that or put up with much in exchange for music talk. "Rudeness" and "insulting posts" cover the main concerns of mine, so why are many such posts seemingly tolerated? Moderators mostly wait for users to report such posts? I would think the business purpose of this site involves maximizing legitimate traffic, and hostility undermines traffic. I can say that such posts tend to breed each other.
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No, the links in signatures thing has been like that since even I joined in 2009, and probably before that also.
Most people are here to have fun discussing music and other topics for fun as well. So many posts that are deemed "insulting" are left up because either:
A) We don't see them. Not every moderator regularly visits every thread, myself included. I don't actually participate in aspects of the forum that don't interest me (i.e. Electronica), so if someone breaks the rules in there, I probably won't see it. That's what the "report post" button is for. When a post is reported, I see it in my New Posts feed and then deal with it accordingly.
On top of all that, the posts usually are not deleted but rather the offending user is given an infraction or is banned for x amount of time. Whatever action is taken is done so at the moderators discretion.
B) The insult in question is a petty jab at something or someone. Removing EVERYTHING that seems offensive, even slightly so, then that creates a censored atmosphere where nobody can really speak their minds. If we policed and censored every post made, and deleted ones we think might offend someone, nobody would want to remain active on the website.
It's all about balance.