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Topic: Ethical to self delete "hanging in the air" Posts [Time to call theymos?] (Read 137 times)

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I've never heard of this happening before, and as to your question here....there's no way in hell the mods are going to be focusing on 'air-hanging posts'.  At least I hope not, because those are trivial compared to the constant avalanches of diarrhea in the form of posts, AI-generated or not, and all the other stuff that shady members pull on an hourly basis.

Yes, they will not be focusing on 'a-h-p' for the majority of the threads, but I believe Meta and Reputation's hot threads will be preferred, unless rule specific to it are made, I also remember when i managed "Stressers campaigns." I got a message by theymos stating "stresses have been banned on the forum" and was requested not to promote them/manage their campaign in future"
- Soon after, there was a new rule made on the forum regarding stresses right after mixers. I could be wrong, but I believe this was latest new added rule.
35. Promoting or linking to DDoS services is prohibited.[12]

People are less likely to get attention on themselves on these boards for "spamming/offtopic/spreading-bs" because they're watched very closely compared to other boards.

I had a look at the archived posts you have provided, and it shows that the guy was abusive and was even threatening you to provide your location, etc. The moderator was right that your posts had no meaning anymore since the posts were responses to the person alone, and his posts had already been removed. [2] Just like others have said, I have never faced such a situation before nor have I seen anyone mentioning it like you did.

The person cannot even ask for documents from his main account. Do you expect him to visit me himself? These are shallow people with empty threats.

[2] - Yup, that's why the moderator asked; he didn't want to delete the post that wasn't reported. I could've refused if I wanted "giving into ego," but it would've been a bad example of exploiting the place you use. (I am sure some people would've loved me taking that route and setting an example).
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I had a look at the archived posts you have provided, and it shows that the guy was abusive and was even threatening you to provide your location, etc. The moderator was right that your posts had no meaning anymore since the posts were responses to the person alone, and his posts had already been removed. Just like others have said, I have never faced such a situation before nor have I seen anyone mentioning it like you did.

Another considerable thought comes to mind: Should the person correcting/answering someone where they're mentioned should be deleting their content?
If this is the case, then how would they avoid it? This will also most likely not apply to every board.

As I said above, since your posts didn't contain any content other than responses to the guy and his posts that were already removed, deleting your posts should cause no problems and they serve nothing to the thread itself. If your posts have multiple quotes, or content towards the thread or some other posts that you have responded to, then the mod would probably not ask you to delete the posts, probably.
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If you are asking if it is ethical to delete your own posts that have lost their context, it is to me.

Yes, but how can someone keep track of every post a person made quoting a spam/off-topic (deleted), also keeping in mind if there are multiple quoted posts and single one out of all gets deleted for being off-topic/spam. Then how will the person keep noticing this?, In Hot-Topics moderators can be responsible, but how can a handful mods will ask the poster(s) to delete multiple posts.

I've never heard of this happening before, and as to your question here....there's no way in hell the mods are going to be focusing on 'air-hanging posts'.  At least I hope not, because those are trivial compared to the constant avalanches of diarrhea in the form of posts, AI-generated or not, and all the other stuff that shady members pull on an hourly basis.

Also, I could swear that in the past if mods took notice of posts like the one you're referring to, they'd just delete them themselves and the member whose post is flapping in the air wouldn't get a notification via PM, but the offending member would.  Maybe things have changed in the past couple of years and I've not noticed.  Quite possible.
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Another considerable thought comes to mind: Should the person correcting/answering someone where they're mentioned should be deleting their content?
If this is the case, then how would they avoid it? This will also most likely not apply to every board.
[1] - I think you can avoid it by replying to other people posts, not only one user.

[2] - If you reply to the @OP, reply to the troll and then reply to other user, such post high unlikely to be deleted. But, the moderator can still ask to delete a part of your post though, honestly I have never experience in this situation.

[1] - Yes, it is possible, but it created a laughable scene in that thread when a troll gets rekt for every time he tries to troll, the way it was going in that thread; it's assumable that even IRL, he faces the same treatment. - People were most likely laughing so hard that it might've been inappropriate for many to show it.

[2] - I believe there's a rule that Mods are allowed to take their actions in some cases, and not every thread will head in the same direction as in which I participated did, there are infinite possibilities.
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Another considerable thought comes to mind: Should the person correcting/answering someone where they're mentioned should be deleting their content?
If this is the case, then how would they avoid it? This will also most likely not apply to every board.
I think you can avoid it by replying to other people posts, not only one user.

If you reply to the @OP, reply to the troll and then reply to other user, such post high unlikely to be deleted. But, the moderator can still ask to delete a part of your post though, honestly I have never experience in this situation.
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But mine quoting and replying to his weren't for some reason. I can't find any rules regarding "Posts to be self-deleted, in case the quoted Post has been deleted due to off-topic/spam."
If I'm  involved in an ongoing conversation in a thread and a troll digresses the conversation, and a mod deleted all the posts of the troll, and keep mine even when I quoted the troll. I would assume that the mod possibly doesn't want me to get furious since I wasn't the one responsible for the off topic. I'll rather see it as an honour and delete the posts rather  than seeing it as a bug or an order from the moderator.

However, people perceive things differently. I have seen where multiple posts were deleted because one or two users digressed the thread, but I haven't seen the situation presented in Op.
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I have never been asked to delete a post, this may be an indication that this situation does not happen often.

Well, the moderators aren't lazy, to be honest, so I got the DM in a brief moment. In short, the reputation board seems to be watched a lot by the moderators.
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Yes, but how can someone keep track of every post a person made quoting a spam/off-topic (deleted), also keeping in mind if there are multiple quoted posts and single one out of all gets deleted for being off-topic/spam.
I cannot imagine this sort of situations happen very often where so many replies are deleted that the thread loses a lot of its context. If you do miss the few times it happened, mods will be on hand to handle it themselves or send a message.

...In Hot-Topics moderators can be responsible, but how can a handful mods will ask the poster(s) to delete multiple posts.
I have never been asked to delete a post, this may be an indication that this situation does not happen often.

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The message from the mod already settles the issue. Mods are encouraged to use their interpretation of the rules as much as possible and to improvise when there are no clear rules. That is what the mod did here by asking you to handle the posts yourself, rather than deleting them and you getting the automated notification.

Yup, the mod put it respectfully.

If you are asking if it is ethical to delete your own posts that have lost their context, it is to me.

Yes, but how can someone keep track of every post a person made quoting a spam/off-topic (deleted), also keeping in mind if there are multiple quoted posts and single one out of all gets deleted for being off-topic/spam. Then how will the person keep noticing this?, In Hot-Topics moderators can be responsible, but how can a handful mods will ask the poster(s) to delete multiple posts.

You are also not at any risk of plagiarism, you were not claiming the text.

- Jay -

Glad.
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The message from the mod already settles the issue. Mods are encouraged to use their interpretation of the rules as much as possible and to improvise when there are no clear rules. That is what the mod did here by asking you to handle the posts yourself, rather than deleting them and you getting the automated notification.

If you are asking if it is ethical to delete your own posts that have lost their context, it is to me.

You are also not at any risk of plagiarism, you were not claiming the text.

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Recently, in beef with user "Tiger Fist," in Thread pakhitheboss bias| Alleged alt of some ranked member, most likely in a campaign.

The user kept taking the thread off-topic, citing me wherever I felt necessary, and I responded. Then, his posts were reported and deleted by the Moderator.

But mine quoting and replying to his weren't for some reason. I can't find any rules regarding "Posts to be self-deleted, in case the quoted Post has been deleted due to off-topic/spam."

So, I got a message from a Mod requesting me to delete the posts for a reason: "Since the posts you commented on in this thread have been deleted for being off-topic, your posts are now left “hanging in the air.” Therefore, they should be deleted." (I am not disclosing the Name of the person, only a partial DM, I hope it won't be counted for plagiarism).

The moderator did the right thing by asking, for there are no rules for such an event, or had there been in the past (I never came across such)

The posts I self-deleted:

[1] - https://ninjastic.space/post/64966230
[2] - https://ninjastic.space/post/64966290




Another considerable thought comes to mind: Should the person correcting/answering someone where they're mentioned should be deleting their content?
If this is the case, then how would they avoid it? This will also most likely not apply to every board.
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