Editing.....
Feb 3, 2003 | 10:54 am
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Editing.....
.....seems to be back.
This is not a good thing.
People can now post with impunity, knowing they can change it when they realise they have been defamatory.
Dave
This is not a good thing.
People can now post with impunity, knowing they can change it when they realise they have been defamatory.
Dave
Feb 3, 2003 | 11:13 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by thadocta:
.....seems to be back.
This is not a good thing.
People can now post with impunity, knowing they can change it when they realise they have been defamatory.
Dave</font>
.....seems to be back.
This is not a good thing.
People can now post with impunity, knowing they can change it when they realise they have been defamatory.
Dave</font>
Besides, even if FlyerTalk did want to implement a 10-minute rule, I don't think the software supports it.
I'm not sure if you were particularly embarrassed by something a particular poster has done, but can I suggest that you simply don't respond to him/her in the future at all? Trolls will find another way to work around the system no matter what we do, and it's often better just to keep it obvious that trolls are trolls so that people can take that into account when reading posts.
Feb 3, 2003 | 11:23 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by robb:
I'm not sure if you were particularly embarrassed by something a particular poster has done, but can I suggest that you simply don't respond to him/her in the future at all? Trolls will find another way to work around the system no matter what we do, and it's often better just to keep it obvious that trolls are trolls so that people can take that into account when reading posts.</font>
I'm not sure if you were particularly embarrassed by something a particular poster has done, but can I suggest that you simply don't respond to him/her in the future at all? Trolls will find another way to work around the system no matter what we do, and it's often better just to keep it obvious that trolls are trolls so that people can take that into account when reading posts.</font>
I just believe in holding people accountable for what they post, and allowing editting means that this does not apply.
We have someone on the Qantas board who constantly posts anti-Qantas stuff, and then retracts it by totally changing his post.
Perhaps if there was some way for *everyone* to be able to access the original post, then I would be happy, since this would allow people to be held accountable.
And of course, moderators are always around to ensure that inappropriate posts - those mentioning elite hotline phone numbers, for example - are deleted as soon as possible.
Dave