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Reviving some important old threads

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WrathofAsyouwereKIop · 26/01/2020 17:44

MNHQ
Can we be assured that older threads that are revived for informative purposes for newbies, won't get retrospective deletions, just because a new person happens to take offence and report?

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WrathofAsyouwereKIop · 28/01/2020 13:04

ItsLateHumpty
Interesting point there.
An old thread that (could be within the last few months) brings up an instance where someone feels the need 'to report'.
Then all at once, the strikes add up to a ban for a regular poster?

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ItsLateHumpty · 28/01/2020 04:46

If something breaks talk guidelines, and is reported, we will delete it - regardless of when it was posted.

As someone has bought up FWR, which has different mod'ing rules, would these deletions count toward a strike and therefore be ban worthy?

followingonfromthat · 27/01/2020 22:01

@eBooksAreBooks

FWR - what's that then?

eBooksAreBooks · 27/01/2020 20:34

I can't imagine that anything ever posted on MN would be considered to be an important historical document.

Oh no, surely you know everything over in FWR is ever so important.

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WrathofAsyouwereKIop · 27/01/2020 19:55

For social commentary on the attitudes demonstrated on a parenting website, I imagine it would be a useful primary resource for studies.
I wouldn't dismiss it at all.

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followingonfromthat · 27/01/2020 16:20

I can't imagine that anything ever posted on MN would be considered to be an important historical document.

Hmm
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WrathofAsyouwereKIop · 27/01/2020 13:48

MoaningMinniee
These forums are a snapshot of a particular moment. I would imagine all future historians would consider these as artifacts relevant to these times.
I would hate to see important threads thinned out so much that the original message is diluted. But then that might be the intention of the people reporting so-called offensive posts.

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MoaningMinniee · 26/01/2020 22:56

Interesting philosophical discussion potential here... At what point does an internet thread become an historical document? And therefore should be immune to being altered, defaced, deleted or hidden away?

Perhaps rather than deleting, MNHQ might consider locking old threads so that they cannot be posted on, and placing a message at the top describing them as historical.

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WrathofAsyouwereKIop · 26/01/2020 22:48

eBooksAreBooks
Old threads that are revived for good reason will probably benefit with a tidy up.

Twitter as you know, can be far more vicious.

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WrathofAsyouwereKIop · 26/01/2020 22:37

eBooksAreBooks

Do you think old books that might offend should be burnt or get their pages ripped out too?

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WrathofAsyouwereKIop · 26/01/2020 22:26

Thanks for the reply Lily, I thought that would be the case.
There are some shockers from the past with rudeness towards posters.
I wouldn't want this place to get as bad as Twitter.

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LilyMumsnet · 26/01/2020 18:09

Hi OP

If something breaks talk guidelines, and is reported, we will delete it - regardless of when it was posted. We've found very old racist posts before, along with disablist content and personal attacks. We certainly wouldn't feel comfortable leaving them up, tbh!

eBooksAreBooks · 26/01/2020 18:03

Oh, I see.
You mean you want content that has since been identified as hostile to people who might be reading but not posting to be allowed to stand because even though it breaks current posting guidelines, it was posted before the guidelines existed. So still potentially offensive and still contributing to a hostile environment.

Why not start a new thread with copy and pasted content that has been edited to current posting standards?

Don't you think that to just revivify these particular zombie threads could be viewed as potentially goady? Maybe? Just a bit?