Toothlessjoe
05-11-2010, 12:18 AM
Recently the whole "should users be able to delete their posts?" issue has been brought up again with fresh discussion. The main points are:
- Users can destroy content posted by others and some people apparantly do it on purpose.
- Users should be free to remove any content they post, etc.
Of course, this thread isn't for that discussion per sé. Eventually, we have to look at the basic problem: Some users just like to cause trouble anyway they can. Eventually, if they can't delete their posts, they'll start editing their posts. it may be personal info slipped in, off-topic additions, etc.
They'll use the tools available to them, and then what do we do?
Frankly, there's always gonna be something like a 60/40 split of users who vote on certain issues like this latest one (post deleting). I think why Jeff ran an absentee dictatorship back on Totse.com was because it causes more trouble to attempt to deal with certain issues than to just let them stay as they are, and deal with them like usual.
We'd all like a perfect site, despite our different visions of perfection, but I say stop trying to deal with issues like these and just leave them alone.
There are always going to be trouble makers, and frankly, editing the whole site over such frivolous shenanigans is pretty obtuse. Frankly, I think it just makes them worse in the long run.
(basically, I'm suggesting we agree to sit back more, and fiddle less)
- Users can destroy content posted by others and some people apparantly do it on purpose.
- Users should be free to remove any content they post, etc.
Of course, this thread isn't for that discussion per sé. Eventually, we have to look at the basic problem: Some users just like to cause trouble anyway they can. Eventually, if they can't delete their posts, they'll start editing their posts. it may be personal info slipped in, off-topic additions, etc.
They'll use the tools available to them, and then what do we do?
Frankly, there's always gonna be something like a 60/40 split of users who vote on certain issues like this latest one (post deleting). I think why Jeff ran an absentee dictatorship back on Totse.com was because it causes more trouble to attempt to deal with certain issues than to just let them stay as they are, and deal with them like usual.
We'd all like a perfect site, despite our different visions of perfection, but I say stop trying to deal with issues like these and just leave them alone.
There are always going to be trouble makers, and frankly, editing the whole site over such frivolous shenanigans is pretty obtuse. Frankly, I think it just makes them worse in the long run.
(basically, I'm suggesting we agree to sit back more, and fiddle less)