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| I was following a post a few days ago about a guy who lost a fish and then it was gone. I am guessing that somebody must have posted something out of line, but I am curious as to why the whole thing got pulled. What is the criteria for a subject being OK or not OK? Why if a couple of guys post out of line wouldn't you just pull their post instead of shutting down the whole thread? What are the guidelines that are used for this? Not trying to be a troublemaker...I just wonder why so much gets pulled. Marty Forman | |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I'm not sure what thread you were watching. Many times a thread is moved to the appropriate forum. If not moved to another forum, it may have been moved to the recycle bin, which is a registered users only forum we set up for threads that are off Muskie topic or are off the main path for any number of reasons but not beyond posting permissions. Also, keep in mind we get as many as 200 new posts a day on MuskieFIRST; threads move quickly off the first page if posting drops off. So usually when I get an email "Where did my post go?", I can find the thread and direct the person to that link.
If the entire thread is gone, it was weak content that was a source of what we call sniper activity, and became a liability to our overall content base. Deletion occurs right away if:
A personal attack
A product bash
An attack on a company
A politics or religion argument
An inappropriate subject matter
Just plain nothing of value to our visitors
is contained. Another scenario that will get a thread trashed is personal arguments between our visitors and snipers or a post with no other intent than to complain, not looking for assistance about a product, business, person or whatever.
If a thread with weak content value becomes a hotspot for the above, we usually lock it or move it to the recycle bin. If it's very high maintenance, and of no real value other than 'train wreck' it's gone. Overall, most folks get it pretty quickly. Some continually push the envelope, and as a result have quite a few posts removed. Look around the website, and you will find complaints and questions why we do not force everyone to register and use real names, complaining a post or thread WASN'T removed.
MuskieFIRST is growing very quickly still; we had what has to be a record day yesterday for overall traffic and are picking up about 20 new registered users a week. Busy place, and we want everyone to feel at home in this community as much as is possible.
The idea is to keep the FIRST boards as clean and free of the bickering, arguing, unfriendly banter, and weird off topic subject matter so common to many message boards so we can discuss our favorite pastime in a friendly atmosphere that encourages conversation and exchange of ideas. | |
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Location: Nebraska | Pretty sure he is talking about the dead 47 incher that was moved to the recycle bin. I for one found it informative with some key features such as not fizzing, burping, and attending to a lethargic fish. | |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Research Forum. | |
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| I appreciate Steve's answer and I did go to the research area and find that the thread is, indeed, there. I guess the thing I don't understand is what made it leave here and go there..or how I would know that it went there. This is one of those topics that I thought was a good thing to discuss as there is widespread lack of knowledge or agreement on the subject of bleeding a swim bladder on fish in general and whether it is a good idea for muskies. My area has finally reached 80 degrees of water temp for about a week now and there are all sorts of issues about mortality and better techniques that I think are good to pursue on these boards. Personally, I would have liked to see it left alone--but I appreciate the choice of judgement that is held by those who run the place. It's a free country, and it's your business. I still like Brett Farve and I am not in much comapny there either. Marty Forman | |
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