Look, the response might not be exactly polite, but I get where they're coming from, especially when you consider that there’s always someone out there every single day who decides to start a new thread asking questions that any middle schooler in America could have figured out on their own
William Green4, look, this is an open forum, which means the discussions here are naturally going to be all over the place. Everyone’s allowed to jump in and have their say, and frankly, nobody has any right to act all elite or try to gatekeep what we talk about here. If someone is really craving those highly specialized, niche debates held within some sort of protected bubble, then they should probably just go find a dedicated forum designed for that kind of thing.
Elizabeth Anderson63, honestly, after getting a full explanation from two different admins, I’m genuinely struggling to see what else you could possibly be looking for here. To everyone else out there, Reddit is plenty big enough, and you're all free to jump into whatever discussions catch your eye whenever you feel like it. The way things used to be under Zidić isn't going to be allowed or open anymore.
Susan Price30, I don't think we can really settle the debate since this subforum actually has moderators who have the final say on whether a thread stays up or gets tossed into the bin Look, at the end of the day, they’re just people, plain and simple, just like the rest of us, and sure, they might slip up occasionally, but they generally know what they're doing, so it feels a bit uncalled for to constantly nitpick every single move they make If we keep pushing them like that, it could honestly start looking like we're just trying to obstruct their work
Jason Clark7, is it really such a massive deal to just state a specific topic or mention that some info was erased from a certain PDF around a certain time? Regarding this proposal, I’m not entirely convinced it can be framed that way—not that I’m automatically against it or anything, mind you. In real life, it's perfectly normal for people to hope for things and just chat about whatever comes to mind, but on a forum, that kind of thing turns into a mindless chat room, which isn't exactly what we want if we actually care about maintaining some level of structure and readability.
Jason Clark7, come on man, you can't just walk in here and claim "the thread disappeared" then expect the admin or some mod to pull a full-blown psychic reading out of their hat to figure out which specific thread we're talking about, when it happened, or where it went... I mean, if everyone is just going to post whatever they want, whenever they feel like it, without any sense of order, then we don't actually need moderators at all, do we? Seriously, though, just take a quick look at any unmoderated corner of the internet and you'll realize pretty much instantly why having someone in charge actually matters.
I’m sure the admin is going to step in eventually and ask what on earth sperm production has to do with a subforum dedicated to hazelnuts. It’s actually the mods' job to sweep their own sections clean of anything that doesn't belong there.
Look, dragane, if you’re claiming my post is off-topic, then I honestly don't get why you're making such a big deal out of it in the first place. If there's actually someone else's post that's bothering you, the first thing any reasonable person would do is just hit that report button for an off-topic thread, and then you can complain to the mods if they aren't doing their jobs—though I'm pretty sure they should be. The specific post you mentioned was already flagged and wiped, so moving forward, I’d really appreciate it if we all helped the moderators out a bit more so we can actually maintain some semblance of a decent environment for these discussions.
feralpilot0, thanks for the heads-up I’m on the same page regarding those posts—they really ought to be archived or just wiped entirely, so I went ahead and flagged the whole thing for the moderators.
Since the PM finally weighed in on this mess, I’m assuming everything regarding the capacitor and the resonator has been cleared up once and for all Anyway, let's move the hell on
So, I just went back to take a look at this thread honestly, it’s devolved into something pretty pointless and frankly an eyesore, but there's really no sense in nuking four-fifths of the conversation I think the moderator actually made the right call here
granitemarlin77, I’m officially pivoting from pure trolling over to just going off-topic here. Roger Reed4, look, everything you need to know has already been laid out for you, so the ball is entirely in your court now.
Roger Reed49, I’m just laying out the facts for you here. Whether you decide to take it or leave it is entirely your call, but don't come crying to me when the consequences actually start hitting home.
Under the law, it’s actually illegal to insult the President besides that, if you bother to look at the rules, there’s some stuff written about it in there too
Roger Reed49, please, let's not go around making assumptions here regarding that deleted post of yours—did you actually bother to read through the PDF policy guidelines?