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| quote: | Originally posted by Storyteller
Just out of curiousity. Wouldn't it be setting a better example if relevant but non-useful topics get closed instead of deleted? Just to set an example. They would just sink down the list, be gone, yet still visible for those that might care at some point. Or do you deem such a thing undesirable or too much work justifying you actions?
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I totally agree. Lock the thread and post a copy paste 'youve violated TOS find out why HERE'.
Duplicate posts are not the problem.
[As a rule, we're not talking about TOS violations, as those would be grounds for immediate suspension. We're talking about people going against our own looser version of the "rules".
In any case, I moderate two other sites and we've been down this path many times. Closing/locking a thread might help the OP specifically, if it's communicated clearly why the thread was closed, and the OP is able to ask for clarifications, which the forum doesn't provide much of a vehicle for.
In any event, it's been proven in practice that leaving threads closed instead of deleted as an "example" to the community is a net negative, because stupid trolls won't care, smart trolls will look for loopholes or harp on inconsistencies with other similar threads that weren't closed, and clueless newbs won't notice that it was closed or understand why. Generally speaking, if you've got broken windows, you should either repair them or take them out of view. -DG]
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Last edited by DigiNut on Jul-08-2012 at 16:49
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