The why was my thread closed topic - Page 48

Dangermousecatdog

United Kingdom7084 Posts

April 03 2014 18:53 GMT

#941

Again, that describes half the threads in the general section.
You basically are arguing that half the threads in the general section should be closed.
Afterall, you post a news information to bring it light. Then you argue with whoever you disagree with.

I didn't realise it was against TL rules to attack people who disagree with you, rather than to merrily agreeing along.
If you or someone thought the OP was not discussing in a civil manner, then it is up to you or that someone to report him, not for a mod to decide to close the thread suddenly without reason. Anyhow, all you have given are your opinion on the OP state of mind, which none of us are privy to, and it is not up to you to decide whether a thread is justifiably closed, you are not a mod, don't pretend to be one please, wongfihong.

Look at all the other closed threads. They all are either very obvious as to why it was closed, or a reason was given.

Zealously

East Gorteau22261 Posts

April 03 2014 19:48 GMT

#942

No, that doesn't describe half the threads in General. Most threads in general maintain a minimum level of objectivity that said thread did not meet, and most threads do not involve the OP zealously attacking whoever disagrees with his viewpoint or chooses to criticize the way he created the thread. Hawk brought up a few valid points about the OP cherrypicking information to strengthen his point of view, which is a no-go in a thread supposedly meant as a news thread.

If you post a thread to bring attention to an issue, the bare minimum is presenting the facts objectively without trying to twist them. That thread did not do that, and thus it was closed.

Dangermousecatdog

United Kingdom7084 Posts

April 03 2014 20:55 GMT

#943

Fair enough. That seems a much more reasonable explanation than Moonbear's. I think he was being overzealous, but surely at the very least such an explanation should had been written, as is the practice here.

QuanticHawk

United States32097 Posts

April 04 2014 16:15 GMT

#944

On April 04 2014 04:48 Zealously wrote:
No, that doesn't describe half the threads in General. Most threads in general maintain a minimum level of objectivity that said thread did not meet, and most threads do not involve the OP zealously attacking whoever disagrees with his viewpoint or chooses to criticize the way he created the thread. Hawk brought up a few valid points about the OP cherrypicking information to strengthen his point of view, which is a no-go in a thread supposedly meant as a news thread.

If you post a thread to bring attention to an issue, the bare minimum is presenting the facts objectively without trying to twist them. That thread did not do that, and thus it was closed.

Maybe going forward there should be a rule that the entire news story must quoted/written in the op, in addition to a link? It was pretty obvious that a lot of people didn't bother clicking the link because they thought the op quoted the whole story. There's always gonna be people who don't read and comment anyway, but that might help

Waise

3165 Posts

April 07 2014 20:43 GMT

#945

not sure where else to put this, but i just wanted to say i think CheeseinSpace's advertising threads are getting really ridiculous. they keep getting closed and he doesn't take the hint. i wouldn't even particularly care except for the fact that he's obviously doing it with the express purpose of getting clickthroughs for his blog, every single thread has a link to his website

anyway, just an opinion, my life will go on either way

KadaverBB

Germany25657 Posts

April 07 2014 22:01 GMT

#946

You're right, we are already taking steps to stop his advertising madness

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