Deleting whole threads

if they did they wouldn't say

I don't understand why more posters aren't banned for bullying other posters or troll hunting. There seems to be a stupidly high bar before anything actually gets done.

Starting threads to slag off another poster is surely enough to warrant a suspension?

I wonder if since we stopped getting replies to reports MNHQ have reduced the size of the team that deals with reports. It must save a lot of time. And the few remaining have some new instructions to just delete a thread if someone asks, and just use their personal judgement on everything else.

The journalist thing doesn't bother me. If you don't want it 'out there' don't post it on an open forum where anyone can read.

then shouldnt mn hq delete threads that get lots of reports? say for being disablist?

I think in the current climate of journos and bullying arseholes targeting individuals then deleting whatever, whenever, is perfectly fine

More posters and fewer threads should be deleted

It's turning into a thread about another.

back to the question
should mn hq be so quick to delete a thread when it doesn't go the op's way?
I think no

It was plainly started as one about a single poster anyway. Surprised it's still here.

Now this thread is turning into one about a single poster again.

You have to wonder why they thought that this was the way to behave on MN

It's never been ok to start a thread about another poster.

I don't like some posters and think some story's are dubious. This is in general not poster specific and I agree threads getting pulled for "privacy" is a pita.

Starting a thread about one poster is bullying and pm-ing like minded users is straight up bullying.

Yy itaintme. Real bastard behind the eyes or banhammered?

PMing people who agree with you to continue the bitchfest in a part of a site that isn't that secret at all is just pathetic.

Hounding and bitching with glee about another poster is just shameful

On the offchance that a poster is real MNHQ really can't take the chance that they are being hounded across the boards. And starting multiple threads about them is hounding and bullying, however justified you may think you are in trollhunting them to fuck.

I bet Sookie wished she could delete her own thread in OTBT when she woke up hungover this morning

It's getting to the point where you have to decide if MN is the site you want to be on I think.

If it's causing all this angst.

I once posted a thread in AIBU that some posters felt unhappy with, even though I didn't see a problem at the time of posting it.
When I got that reaction, I emailed MNHQ asking to remove it as I was worried it would 'trigger' posters. They were really lovely about the whole thing.

When I first started when you started a thread and you ended up looking like a tit you were told tough shit.

Now it's 'the y don't agree with me so delete' and it's done

I will trot out this example again. (Totally not one to hold a grudge )

The one that tipped this into ridiculous for me was back in the summer. A man posted that he was financially abusing and "guilting his wife into sex" in the relationships section, to be told by many posters that he was abusive and "guilting" is rape. Not only were those posters told off by others for making the OP feel bad (posting he was abusive in the relationship section where there are many victims ffs) but the thread was then deleted for "privacy" (despite being the ops only thread and not in the slightest bit identifying)

That was the wtf moment for me. Of course when I asked about it, it was deleted as a taat, as they always are.

HQ will hopefully be banning for Sookies for that.

I'm pleased there are still posters about who will challenge shit like that.

Nothing worse then bullying.

It was left up far longer than it should have been.

Good the bitchfest has gone