The Pied Piper posted on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 at 9:44:13 PM:

"http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10669&page=0#177175

And what may I ask in all that is holy happened there?"



That was the Great Deletion, TPP.

I had not been posting in that thread, but from memory many of the deleted posts were relatively short one or two liners. This little outbreak was an example of what GrahamY had said had frequently occurred before posting restrictions had been first applied on OLO. This is a link to GrahamY's Technical Support topic of 24 February 2010 'Lifting of posting limits': http://bit.ly/foMbGz , in which he recognised this risk as going with the possibility of users making more posts.

I think, in retrospect, Shadow Minister made a pertinent observation earlier in that thread when he said:

"Jenny also wins the prize for the most gratuitous
use of the term racist in a single sentence."

The title of Jennifer Wilson's article was 'Racist government, racist opposition, racist debate'. One could contend that she may have predisposed at least some responses toward abusiveness by the selection of this title, but, again from memory, most of the abusiveness was as between posters, rather than of the article author.

I was surprised to see Ludwig get caught up in the Great Deletion, witness my comments here: http://bit.ly/fJK4sp

There is also some vintage Seajaye earlier in that thread in respect to the titular subject of the thread, Wyatt Roy. I must say I felt quite vindicated (not to mention deeply gruntled) when eventually I watched the video of Wyatt Roy's maiden speech in Parliament. Hope he proves to be as good at public policy formation as he is at public speaking.

I have a funny feeling that Seajaye's assessment of Wyatt Roy as "[a] quite loathsome young twerp standing for a party that is a joke" has probably been printed out, enlarged, and put up on a noticeboard somewhere in Wyatt's Longman electorate office.

Ah, the price of literary immortality!

I love finding the Foxy fan club alive and well. Why aint she using her Foxy name anyway?

So was politics that kicked off the great deletion Forrest? This is why I stay outta the political threads. Well that and I have no idea what anyone is talking about.

Did posts stay increased, I haven’t counted.

Wish I’d waited another month Poirot, had been wondering how peeps were getting on. Maybe should have read more instead of asking. Not that there is much to read since it’s all been deleted now.

I liked Ginx, she just told her truth and didn’t put up with crap. Col was awesome; I preferred watching him work than being the recipient of it though.

Examinator taught me new words and some new thoughts. How can he be gone but someone like dane still be here?

Belly babe:” Now I want not to put the stick at any posters throat, will welcome deep blue back, but look at his her post history,[I have hinted]”

I know but I’m a bit duh at times and have a terrible time following your hints. I will go check it out.

This thread might help me with something else though. At what point do you decide to accept rules, what questions do you ask yourself

Piper:

According to Wikipedia: "Flaming is the practice of posting messages that are deliberately hostile and insulting. It's an attempt to intimidate over the internet. Some are started by some with an axe to grind. Others have a posting history of conflict. As venues get smaller and more specialized, so the spats get more personal, briefer and can be ended by sensible moderators. Flaming is, was and always will be, a pointless exercise, but that doesn't mean it won't keep happening."

People who enjoy the rights of free speech have a duty to respect other people's rights. A person's freedom of speech is limited by the rights of others - for example their right to maintain their good reputation and their right to privacy. All civilized societies, including democratic ones, put various limitations on what people may say, they prohibit certain types of speech that they believe might hurt people. The best thing to do when flame wars start is to walk away. Unfortunately, when the right buttons are pressed most of us will react only to deeply regret it afterwards.

Pied Piper "At what point do you decide to accept rules, what questions do you ask yourself"

I may come back with alterations or additions but as initial thoughts.
- Do the rules seem fair?
- Are the rules what they claim to be?
- Are the rules likely to be implemented fairly (within human limits)?
- Do I have other options?

R0bert

Lexi: I admire your knowledge... if only there were more of you in this world.

Cheers Lexi, I want the OLO rules and the OLO definitions or OLO interpretations though. Flaming as pointless is an interesting opinion. I’ve seen many a up in each others shet smack talking marathon do a world of good for all concerned.

Oh I think maybe I have been handed an ultimatum and was seeing it as a rule. Thanks R0bert, cleared that up in my mind and now I really don’t know what to do.

Which brings me back to Lexi:

“... All civilized societies, including democratic ones, put various limitations on what people may say, they prohibit certain types of speech that they believe might hurt people.”

This is more like individual vs individual?