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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I hope no mods take offence at this but perhaps it would help, if when a thread is going off topic, if the wandering stuff could just be moved to a new thread instead of being deleted?
Or failing that, if at least the people whose posts are removed are informed why. This has been a recurring complaint when people get moderated that they often haven't a clue what they have done wrong or what rules have been broken.
If people do break rules and are informed of what they've done wrong then they can avoid repeating the offence, but equally if posts are removed for no other reason than that they have strayed off-topic then letting the poster know at least shows them that they have not offended anyone.
It does seem rather a shame that inoffensive posts are removed and offensive ones remain for no other reason than that the inoffensive ones are part of a general thread wander.
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I don’t want to go on about this all night ‘there are too many if’s and but’s etc’
If possible we do split threads, but most of the time posts are so intertwined ‘with all the quoting’ that it’s not really possible and it would mean having to edit every affected post and that probably would cause more upset.
Notifying everyone that there off topic posts have been removed could take ages and I don’t know how much spare time you have but on occasions I don’t have much. Besides, common sense would tell you why your post has been removed. If you know the rules and take the chance then don’t complain if or when your post/ thread disappears.