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Replacing Thread Deletions with simply highlighting the post.

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MadameDefarge · 01/08/2014 20:41

So often deleting an offensive comment does nothing to aid the person being attacked, and leaves great holes in the narrative of the thread.

I am suggesting leaving all posts that MNHQ would normally have deleted, but highlighting them in a special colour.

This would signal that MNHQ do not consider the post within the guidelines, with making some threads like confetti.

I do think people should stand by their posts, and deleting them allows people to be quite vile, without any real consequences.

I say this as someone who has been deleted many many times. I think if I knew what I was saying couldn't be pulled at all, it might well serve as break, or at least prompt an apology once I had cooled down and realised I was a twit.

Its not quite naming and shaming, but is showing an MNHQ decision most people will understand on reading those posts.

It might well prompt more self regulation.

As it stands, anything vile gets deleted, and the poster can continue being horrible without anyone really knowing why they were deleted (if they come to a thread after a deletion.

So, what do people think of this as an idea?

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KateSMumsnet · 02/08/2014 16:47

Hullo everyone,

Thanks for all your thoughts and suggestions Flowers

We can understand that people feel that posters should be held accountable for any nasty posts they make, and therefore that posts shouldn't be deleted. However, we can't help but think that leaving/highlighting aggressive or unpleasant posts would engender more anger on a thread that might otherwise simmer down, if the offending posts were removed.

Plus on a purely aesthetic level, if we were going to be giving anyone pretty highlighted posts, surely it would make sense to bestow this honour upon the many hilarious/lovely/supportive/moving posts, rather than bringing attention to the shitty ones?

It'd be interesting if we could get a general consensus on what folks think of this idea, so please do keep your posts coming.

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KateSMumsnet · 02/08/2014 17:11

@MadameDefarge

hi Kate, how about the disemvowelling idea?

Hmm - it's a v interesting idea, and an excellent name Grin Bt rn't rlly hrrbl psts stll frly undrstndbl wtht vwls? Does anyone have an example of where it's been used? It'd be really interesting to see it in action, as it were.

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KateSMumsnet · 02/08/2014 17:38

@Maryz

What a lovely idea Kate.

I would like to be sunshine yellow, if that is ok? Previously I asked for blue, but Olivia very meanly refused with the rather pathetic excuse that it was reserved for mnhq.

Arf Grin

The stories that Olivia comes out with...I don't know...

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RebeccaMumsnet · 05/08/2014 11:38

Hi all,

We are following this thread with interest.

Do keep your views coming.

We won't be leaving posts up and highlighting them as we feel this just glorifies nastiness, which we hope you'll agree, really isn't what we are about.

We do have very few guidelines on MN in comparison to many sites and on the whole, they do work. Our guidelines are outlined here and the MN philosophy is at the top of Talk, where we say:

'Mumsnet's aim is to make parents' lives easier.

'Our policy is to keep intervention to a minimum and let the conversation flow. Having said that, we will remove postings that are obscene, contain personal attacks or break the law. Please do bear in mind how difficult this parenting business can be, and if there's one thing all of us could do with, it's some moral support.'

It basically comes down to respect and civility - we are very aware that people will not always agree, but we do hope that posters will remain respectful and civil to each other.

There are also cases of libel, homophobic, racist language and many others that we just don't want to host on Mumsnet.

We do have the ability to suspend posters ability to NC and we do use this if we find that they have been abusing it. We can certainly look at using it a little more if you feel that it would help?

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