To be annoyed by the volume of deleted comments which are merely mildly provocative or robustly stating an opposing opinion, rather than being unacceptably rude or offensive?

I've had similar, but someone said much worse to the OP, and their post didn't get deleted. It seems so inconsistent.

Is troll hunting calling a poster a troll? I have definitely done that on some threads but that hasn’t been deleted as far as I am aware but the threads always get deleted.

It's really the inconsistency that irritates me. I had a comment deleted because I said people who think they don't need to wear sunscreen in Spain must be pretty dense. Yet someone directly called me an arsehole and apparently that's OK 🤷‍♂️

I think this happens a lot. I was reading a thread yesterday where even though the OP was interacting with this poster and clearly not at all offended by what had been written, all the posts were deleted - it just ruins the whole thread.

I really wish they’d put their energy into banning the prolific, name changing poster on AIBU who posts the most controversial, goady made up crap. I now spend half my life hiding threads.

deliberately being contrary to wind up another poster

really? I find this is the MO for many AIBU threads.

"Moron" is an ablist slur and generally would be deleted.

Troll hunting, crowdfunders, deliberately being contrary to wind up another poster - I'm sure there are others. But a post doesn't need to be a personal attack or actually offensive to break TG.

Your post was a personal attack, and against the guidelines though.

Sweeping generalisations usually aren't allowed, so you should have reported the post you were responding to. They won't have gone looking for it off their own bat. MNHQ don't tend to actively review threads for context so if you want to draw their attention to something it has to be reported.

@CruCru I wouldn't think moron is particularly offensive? It's used a lot where I live although its not a word I like to use myself. It's just another word for idiot or stupid.

@Bagsintheboot I just assumed it had to be rude etc, so what would be an example of something inoffensive that would get a deletion?

I don’t go on the Royal board anymore but I did complain how posters bully but presumably it’s a high traffic board so MNs overlook it.

Yeah, if you can understand what they mean then it’s a bit off to correct an unrelated adult’s SPAG (unless they ask).

I agree OP. I read something offensive generalising about a group of people, it wasn't racist or albeist but it was sexist and bigoted and i thought it was really inappropriate. So I said to the OP something along the lines of 'maybe that's because you are a bigot and lack critical thinking'. It was reported because it was deemed a personal attack. Which I guess it was but the general bigoted comment was left stand. So basically MN says its not ok to be specific but you can generalise all you like. It's ok to say 'Londoners are all racist idiots' or 'women who wear high heels are sluts', or 'bricklayers are paedophiles' but not to call an individual out on it. It's ridiculous. I was also gobsmacked that the person brazen enough to post such a nasty comment ran off crying to have my relatively mild comment deleted.

Something doesn't have to be offensive to break guidelines though.

There's definitely bullying cliques on certain forums. The problem is the mods tend to only see individual posts when reported, so unless they're watching a wider pattern they won't see it.

I've always thought MN needs some active moderation (i.e. mods reviewing the boards) as well as relying on poster reports. The problem with the latter is that if the majority agree with a personal attack on another poster, then it's unlikely to get reported.

You used to be able to correct grammar but you can’t now.

I think correcting other posters SpaG is a no-no on here.

The bar for deletions are odd, posters on the Royal board can almost bully others & stay there & then on another thread something inoffensive gets deleted 🤷🏻‍♀️

I had one deleted for mildly pointing out a grammar error (should of, not should have). I wasn't nasty or anything...o.think I actually slightly took the piss out if myself for posting it and it got taken down

Got to be honest, I quite often report posts because they are aggressive and unhelpful. I’ve been here for quite a long time (well over a decade) and one thing I’ve noticed is that some posters are not great at debating without getting very personal or offensive. There was one who had a load of posts deleted because she said “You are ignorant” (or a variation) to anyone who even mildly disagreed with her.

It is sometimes surprising which posts don’t get deleted. I’ve seen at least one post using the word “moron” / “moronic” which I understood was extremely offensive.

I think there are one or two auto-delete mechanisms like links to crowdfunders. But just reporting a post doesn't mean it gets auto-deleted.

Which is another of my favourite things. Poster A is being aggressive and attacking poster B, poster A posts get zapped, then they accuse B of "having" their posts deleted.

No other poster on here can "have" another's post deleted. It's up to the mods to apply the rules.

Next time stick within the guidelines.

That isn't the case. If you report a post, MNHQ will review it before deciding if it needs to be deleted.

And the mods are not volunteers. They are paid part of the community. Only The Night Watch are volunteers. Which is dreadful, given what they're actually doing!

My favourites are when someone posts something along the lines of "reasonable statement, followed by personal attack".

E.g. "no that's not a good idea you total cunt".

Post gets zapped.

Poster gets all butthurt because "all I said was it's not a good idea".

No, no that wasn't all you said.

I have noticed there are more categories on the report form though.

This is true but sometimes when the same posters are continually being deleted on various threads without getting banned, it makes me wonder what the point is really.

If anything MNHQ are just making extra work for themselves.