You recently posted some of the Forum Rules on posting etiquette. Last year James posted another rule. It was that when a comment thought to be controversial (?) by the Forum Gestapo was posted, the poster would be contacted and asked to tone it down or it would be deleted. So, has that rule been withdrawn? Some rules stay intact and others disappear, like posts? I haven't been contacted and it appears some of mine disappeared. Being in HR, maybe I'm just too obsessed with consistency. We are paying customers you know. We pay for this service and were told what its rules were. Or I thought we were.
The forum etiquette rules we posted yesterday stand.
I (and other moderators) will do our best to let you know when we delete posts in the future, although sometimes that's not practical, especially if we are cleaning up a long thread that has crossed over the forum etiquette boundaries.
Christy - you and the other moderators have a sometimes difficult job. Being placed in a position to determine what is or is not appropriate can test you in ways you probably never thought of when you signed up for the post.
But I must admit I am having a problem with these kinds of posts disappearing without any feedback. I don't recall the missing posts, but I also don't recollect anything particularly problematic with this thread. So to find a couple of posts missing with the hint that they crossed some sort of boundary creates confusion.
Perhaps you could resurrect these posts somewhere and point out the problems with those posts? If we know why these posts were deleted, it might help provide some level of guidance for our future actions.
Think of it like sending an EE home without pay, but not telling him/her why. If they repeat the problem behavior, then who is at fault?
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 06-22-05 AT 11:25AM (CST)[/font][br][br]I see where you're coming from. I don't have the posts on hand. In the future, we will keep copies before deleting them and will notify users when we can as to why their post was removed.
I think my post was #17 and as I recall, it was a little comment to Don's #13 which he assures me wasn't offensive in any way. I didn't receive a warning from M.Lee Smith either.
A forum regular privately emailed me regarding the posts. That regular said the posts were about Don losing his virginity as a teen.
I am amazed that of all the posts Don has made in the recent past, that this content was deemed unprofessional. And so unprofessional that it had to be deleted. Holy Cow Batman!
I cannot remember the detail of the post, but I do remember it to be a bit 'tongue in cheek.' If this is the mystery threshhold we are not to step over, I am very likely to often have been, and may continue to be, in violation.
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 06-22-05 AT 11:47AM (CST)[/font][br][br]Let's all try to read people's minds here. The conversation was about smoking dope, not losing one's virginity. My post contains nothing about virginity, having it or losing it (or pretending to have it as some of you may from time to time have done). I'm getting like Howard Dean here. Maybe all these Forum moderators are just conservative Christians who never had a real job. Maybe Pork will start a file.
And who, but me, would know when I lost my virginity. I always told my parents I was in my 20s. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
As a salute to the diverse experiences drawn on here on the forum and as a test of the objectivity of the posting guidelines we could all share the circumstances of our various youthful indiscretions.
I'll start, 17, at the lake, deep summer, lots of mosquitos....x:-8
Hey, why is it that kids can talk about sex with their friends but when they hear their parents talk about it like they really 'do' it, they act all grossed out?
Larry: Do I understand you to be private mailing the lady to feret out a deeper meaning of youthful indiscretion? Or is it mosquitoes you are interested in? I once had a problem with gnats in a similar situation but I refuse to discuss it in polite company.
The women on here are typically vague. The men are not. I lost my virginity on top of a municipal water tank in Skene, Mississippi while painting my class year in green paint, suspended at approximately 134 feet with my pants on the hood of a truck below, at age 15. Do I qualify for the "mile-high club?" But I could be lying.
Eastern shores of Lake Michigan, sand dunes, 18 years old, blond witch, backseat, 61 Ford Starliner, 406, 4bbl, headers, 14.6 1/4, lots of sand bees, lots of tourists, lots of hiding, lots of fun.
I'm still trying ot figure out if 14.6 1/4 is the time the Fairlane ran the quarter mile in or if it's part of an anatomical measurement of one of the participants in this tryst.
I'm usually a modest indivudual but in following along with the fine gentlemen from MN and MS, I submit to you the following details:
Summer between 10th and 11th grades in the front seat (reclined) of an 1987 Mazda truck. We were parked smack in the middle of Old Towne Manassas (VA) around 11:00 p.m on a Saturday night. We did have one moment of clarity or embarassment, can't rememeber which, and proceeded to drive around the corner to an elementary school parking lot.
I had a difficult time explaining the bare foot prints on the windshiled to my Dad the next day.
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I (and other moderators) will do our best to let you know when we delete posts in the future, although sometimes that's not practical, especially if we are cleaning up a long thread that has crossed over the forum etiquette boundaries.
But I must admit I am having a problem with these kinds of posts disappearing without any feedback. I don't recall the missing posts, but I also don't recollect anything particularly problematic with this thread. So to find a couple of posts missing with the hint that they crossed some sort of boundary creates confusion.
Perhaps you could resurrect these posts somewhere and point out the problems with those posts? If we know why these posts were deleted, it might help provide some level of guidance for our future actions.
Think of it like sending an EE home without pay, but not telling him/her why. If they repeat the problem behavior, then who is at fault?
Is this an unreasonable or undoable request?
Cheryl C.
I am amazed that of all the posts Don has made in the recent past, that this content was deemed unprofessional. And so unprofessional that it had to be deleted. Holy Cow Batman!
I cannot remember the detail of the post, but I do remember it to be a bit 'tongue in cheek.' If this is the mystery threshhold we are not to step over, I am very likely to often have been, and may continue to be, in violation.
>the posts. That regular said the posts were
>about Don losing his virginity as a teen.
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Yes, but they left Don's post (#13) but deleted mine for some reason. And, as I said above, without warning or reason.
Cheryl C.
And who, but me, would know when I lost my virginity. I always told my parents I was in my 20s. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
I'll start, 17, at the lake, deep summer, lots of mosquitos....x:-8
Cheryl C.
circumstance: a condition or fact attending an event and having some bearing on it.
Of course others may be more prone to sharing a more complete account....otherwise we'll never be able to test the moderators....
Since you were in MN in deep summer, I am surprised those mosquitos did not carry the two (?) of you off.
Sorry Larry, I don't think I know you. I didn't go to SHRM last year and I always pay up on a lost wager....
BTW, what was the bet?
Eastern shores of Lake Michigan, sand dunes, 18 years old, blond witch, backseat, 61 Ford Starliner, 406, 4bbl, headers, 14.6 1/4, lots of sand bees, lots of tourists, lots of hiding, lots of fun.
Summer between 10th and 11th grades in the front seat (reclined) of an 1987 Mazda truck. We were parked smack in the middle of Old Towne Manassas (VA) around 11:00 p.m on a Saturday night. We did have one moment of clarity or embarassment, can't rememeber which, and proceeded to drive around the corner to an elementary school parking lot.
I had a difficult time explaining the bare foot prints on the windshiled to my Dad the next day.