Widow wrote:Four1oh wrote:apparently 'snarky' is a problem now too, even without profanity. Widow, as much as I'm a fan of yours, it's becoming a little too much, IMO. We're all big boys and girls on this forum, many of us been here for years and years under one handle or another, and know the game. It's just the internet(or interweb, if you prefer), after all.
The thread you are talking about was something more than snarky; I used the word for want of something better. The tone of the thread was a problem and was pulled by someone other than me. I cleaned it so it could be returned to service, so to speak.
Refer to
lil's post here for reasons why threads will be pulled/edited.
OK, fine, I can accept that since i didn't see what was posted prior to it being pulled. However, as an experienced forum denizen of dozens of different forums for the last, oh, 12 years or so, can I make a wee suggestion? Instead of the disappearing thread trick, why not lock the thread, keep it visible while you decide what to do with it, then unlock it when the appropriate changes are made? That way we all see it, it doesn't just cease to exist with no idea when or where it'll surface again. It'll lower the frustration level of all posters who are involved in the thread, not to mention that if people can see what's so offensive, they'll learn what not to say next time, rather than trying to guess what was so offensive.
Let's face it. Avcanada has always been raw, probably the toughest Canadian aviation forum I've seen, but if you ignore the crap, there's a lot of really good stuff here, better than anywhere else, and that's why so many of us keep coming back. The inconsistent over-modding and under-modding lately is going to threaten a good thing, IMO. Be careful how you do things, lest you have a pile of good people go elsewhere.
Drinking outside the box.
