[Polpolion]

 

You fail at forethought.

[colecampbell666]

I love saying candlejack, it's the be

[Polpolion]

Ordinarily, I wouldn't edit another person's posts like I just did so quickly, except it was clear that you didn't think before you posted. The board could only lose when a post like that was there, and while changing your post can't result in a net gain of board fidelity, no one is harmed in the changing of such a post.

Sure people have the right to post what they want to, but in this situation, I believe that even you will thank me for changing what you posted when you have time to rationally think about it.

Reflecting upon it further, I need to ask myself these questions: What could've became of that thread if I had not changed your post? What will become of the thread after I made the change?

The first is obvious. if I didn't lock it, it would degenerate into a flame war, full of spam, stupidity, and absolutely nothing meaningful. It would continue as such until a global moderator or administrator stepped in, and in such case, you probably would succeed in your attempt to have my moderator status taken away. If I had locked, leaving my semi-witty response there, both of us would be left rather sore after it, but it would be done with and behind us. I probably wouldn't lose my moderator status, and you'd probably get yelled at regardless in this thread.

The second is even more obvious, as it's actually happening. While the benefits of censoring was debatable in that brief moment in my mind, I attempted to weigh the losses. You temporarily lose your freedom of speech, which is essentially all you have here on this board, along with your reputation. But what substance of the thread is lost? The insults, the hostility? And what is gained in me changing it? Probably nothing, because I changed your post to the absolute first thing I could think of, but even then, such simple questions have often sparked excellent discussions, which would be further amplified when compared to its possible counterpart.

Both locking the thread and editing your posts both seemed like somewhat acceptable choices, probably on par with each other. But there was that slim hope of absolute redemption that comes with such questions, which is what specifically led me down my path of action.

All in all, I think I've justified my choice of action.

[colecampbell666]

Dude, I wasn't trying to get you banned.

[Polpolion]

Dude, I wasn't trying to get you banned.

Whether or not you were played no role in my immediate thought after seeing your post. I didn't even think about that after words, much less include it in my previous post.

EDIT: Regardless, editing other people's posts is a very serious matter; not something that can be done lightly. Censorship, for the most part, is the scourge of the internet, which is why I felt I needed to justify my action. Whether my justification is satisfactory, not necessarily my thought process, but the actual content and benefits and risks of the situation.

[haloboy100]

Somebody mind explaining what just happened, or is it too private too discuss publicly or something???

[Snail]

Yeah, what's going on? Is there something about being a moderator I don't understand right now?

[Polpolion]

If you go read from here down, you'll be able to get the gist of it. If anyone told you anything more, my entire course of action would be undermined.

[Snail]

So he posted something stupid and you edited his post? What's the big deal? It's not like he's trying to make the admins revoke your moderator powers or anything... Is he?

Ehh, I'll try to stay out of this argument. Does anyone notice how practically all Announcement threads end up locked?

[colecampbell666]

I posted in FRED Disc, and sizzle thought that since the title was "Terrorism" that I was trying to bring down his command. (or something)

[Topgun]

Not really. I've been around longer than Lobo. I'm just curious.

I have been here longer then you and sizz.

[colecampbell666]

Not really. I've been around longer than Lobo. I'm just curious.

I have been here longer then you and sizz.

Yah.

[Flipside]

This kind of reminds me of the time that Admin actually dared to put the links to the forums in different places to where they used to be.

There was much wailing and pulling of beards....

[haloboy100]

This kind of reminds me of the time that Admin actually dared to put the links to the forums in different places to where they used to be.

There was much wailing and pulling of beards....

Not saying any names...

*coughGoobercough*

That is, if you mean the april fools joke

[Flipside]

Nope, I was referring to when we moved the link to the General Discussion to the bottom of the list instead of at the top.

That Drama that ensued was partly hilarious, partly appalling to be honest.

[karajorma]

Not really. I've been around longer than Lobo. I'm just curious.

Lobo has taken on a very significant portion of my old job of dealing with tech help requests. The tradition here on HLP is that those who take on responsibility without being asked are given more.

It's not the time he's been here so much as what he's done with it.

[Jeff Vader]

Why, thank you. It just feels natural for me, what with being the tech support dude for the family and acquaintances. Especially since as a non-creative person I don't really shine at modelling, FREDding or that sort of stuff. I just see tech support as the way I can try to contribute to the community.

[BrotherBryon]

I think Snail has matured a lot in the last year (judging from his post anyway) Give him a chance and we will see how he performs.

[Snail]

I think Snail has matured a lot in the last year (judging from his post anyway) Give him a chance and we will see how he performs.

Not really. On GW you can see a lot of Snail induced madness.

[Flipside]

Not to mention that he is one of the most prolific Sectorgame chat-box spammers