Poll: What power should a poster have over their posts

[Murchu]

Understandable, but it's worth noting that option #1 is not synonymous with "maintain the status quo".

I am not sure I understand you, to me currently the status quo is that users have an unlimited ability to delete and edit their own posts, which is identical to option 1. Am I wrong in this, or are there nuances/ subtle differences I am missing?

 

[35mmdelux]

I'm out taking snaps with my Monochrom M7 while this important dilemma is being addressed. I may not have internet connectivity on the street; however, I check my messages occasionally. Do let me know what you decide. Have a great day.

PS: Can someone post a survey on ending world hunger. Thanks!

 

[raid]

Considering there are three long threads about this, there are plenty of people who think it needs discussion 🙂

Although as I said before, nothing is going to change, whether members discuss or not.

Considering that RFF has more than twenty thousand members and that only 100-150 members showed interest in discussing such an issue, I would not consider this issue vital to the lives of RFF members. 😀

 

[Nomad Z]

Considering that RFF has more than twenty thousand members and that only 100-150 members showed interest in discussing such an issue, I would not consider this issue vital to the lives of RFF members. 😀

I seriously doubt that 20,000 members, minus 100-150, have been busily posting elsewhere on the forum while the 'deletion' discussion has been underway.

 

[tunalegs]

I seriously doubt that 20,000 members, minus 100-150, have been busily posting elsewhere on the forum while the 'deletion' discussion has been underway.

Considering we now know that the member in question didn't delete the thread themselves, I'm not sure there is any point to this thread anymore anyway.

 

[raid]

I seriously doubt that 20,000 members, minus 100-150, have been busily posting elsewhere on the forum while the 'deletion' discussion has been underway.

When only a fraction of the total posts about it, then this fraction usually is the most concerned about the issue. In marketing, and in surveys, the no-response population (to the survey) usually differs in their opinions from those who responded, This is well known in the literature.
I did not say that the "rest" are posting happily somewhere else.

Note that there are many active RFF threads that do not discuss this issue. People discuss photography and lenses and cameras and .... etc.

 

[CameraQuest]

Considering we now know that the member in question didn't delete the thread themselves, I'm not sure there is any point to this thread anymore anyway.

not exactly true. the thread along with his other posts were deleted by me
because the member requested it.

Stephen

 

[tunalegs]

the thread along with his other posts were deleted by me
because the member requested it.

Stephen

Exactly.

A lot of people presumed he deleted the thread himself, more or less to spite us. But that is not the case it seems.

A lot of people presumed that if he had gone to ask a moderator to delete his thread, nobody else's posts would disappear.

Since the deleted thread is back, and since his posts were wiped by the admin at his request - this whole thread is really beside the point now so far as I can see.

 

[back alley]

clarity!


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[Nomad Z]

I did not say that the "rest" are posting happily somewhere else.

No, but you did appear to imply that the proportion that were interested is 100-150 out of 20,000. Do you think all 20,000 have logged in since the discussion started, and have gone on to look at the threads on the subject?

Note that there are many active RFF threads that do not discuss this issue. People discuss photography and lenses and cameras and .... etc.

How many is "many"?

 

[splitimageview]

i find it amusing/annoying that people will go on and on about how things should be done here when they don't really know how things are done here...

There is no shortage of subjects people know nothing about, yet they continue to expound. Like, say, about photography. 🙂

I agree this thread has run its course. Stephen knows his options, if he wants to change things around (just as he knew them before the kerfuffle.)

Saying 'adios' to this thread. 🙂

 

[Murchu]

I'm not sure there is any point to this thread anymore anyway.

I would disagree. While tangentially related to the other two threads mentioned in the initial post, this one is simply a pulse taking exercise to see what powers to delete/ edit their posts that users feel they should have.

While Stephen has clarified what happened in relation to Dave's posts, it does not alter the fact that as things stand, by holding the power to delete their own posts, a user also holds the power to kill any thread they've started. Clarification re: what happened in the case of Dave's posts and the Leica M Portraits thread does not change that.

 

[Gumby]

A lot of people presumed he deleted the thread himself, more or less to spite us. But that is not the case it seems.

It has been in the past.. enough times to really make some folks upset. I'd point you to those discussions but they have been deleted.

 

[Al Patterson]

i find it amusing/annoying that people will go on and on about how things should be done here when they don't really know how things are done here...

Yeah, this sums up my felling as well. While I voted in the poll, I saw no need to explain or reveal my vote. It was interesting reading through the thread though.

 

[shootar401]

I'm guessing that the ones who voted for "No power to delete. No power to edit" are mods who don't want their power to be taken away? 😀

 

[gb hill]

I think the forum is fine just as is. Joe & others do a great job.

 

[Al Patterson]

A question. Just saw on the main menu that there are 138 posts in the thread, but the last post I see is 123, and the software says I am on page 5 of 6, but I can't get to page 6. Does this indicate that posts were deleted, or do I need to replace my new glasses?

Just wondering.

 

[Bill58]

The 1st amendment to the US Constitution (protection of free speech) doesn't apply here.

 

[35mmdelux]

I thought someone deleted this thread! yikes, Batman...It's still ALIVE ..

 

[MikeL]

I thought someone deleted this thread! yikes, Batman...It's still ALIVE ..

This thread reminds me that I need to work on caring more about internet posts. I've been totally wrong in my approach!