broze Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 Removed a topic from General Bridge Discussion for using an inflammatory title. I can sympathise with this deletion but what constitutes an inflammatory title is quite subjective. If the title and content is factually misleading and inaccurate I would be more inclined to ban it. However, the OP in question linked to an article with the facts of the case so in my honest opinion the deletion was ott. I really hope it was not my doing by mentioning the BW mods! The mods at Bridgewinners err on the side of deleting posts and I think this is totally the wrong approach. In their favour I will say that they are very good at suspending trolls once their behaviour is established. They got rid of one particularly poisonous poster there and then subsequently banned him when he posted under a pseudonym. I will add that I appreciate that this forum has this thread so that mods get accountability when they delete. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 I can sympathise with this deletion but what constitutes an inflammatory title is quite subjective. If the title and content is factually misleading and inaccurate I would be more inclined to ban it. However, the OP in question linked to an article with the facts of the case so in my honest opinion the deletion was ott. I really hope it was not my doing by mentioning the BW mods! The mods at Bridgewinners err on the side of deleting posts and I think this is totally the wrong approach. In their favour I will say that they are very good at suspending trolls once their behaviour is established. They got rid of one particularly poisonous poster there and then subsequently banned him when he posted under a pseudonym. I will add that I appreciate that this forum has this thread so that mods get accountability when they delete. Thanks. Your post had nothing to do with it. I found it borderline, and discussed with other mods then we decided to remove. The title was fake and misleading. We have no problem with the discussion itself, the headline used by the poster was the problem. You're welcome to post or link to anything bridge related or not, but when doing so, choose a title that does not grossly misrepresent the facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broze Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Your post had nothing to do with it. I found it borderline, and discussed with other mods then we decided to remove. The title was fake and misleading. We have no problem with the discussion itself, the headline used by the poster was the problem. You're welcome to post or link to anything bridge related or not, but when doing so, choose a title that does not grossly misrepresent the facts. What has happened to the new topic which was titled "Top bridge players convicted of gross tax fraud"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Your post had nothing to do with it. I found it borderline, and discussed with other mods then we decided to remove. The title was fake and misleading. We have no problem with the discussion itself, the headline used by the poster was the problem. You're welcome to post or link to anything bridge related or not, but when doing so, choose a title that does not grossly misrepresent the facts. But please feel free to lie as much as you want when posting to the thread because we don't give a rat's ass about that... In all seriousness, if you're going to start getting rid of threads just because the titles are a little overblown, how about getting rid of the actual trolls starting with Al-U-Card?This feels arbitrary at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Edited the "Whatever happened to Relaxed" thread to remove the vulgar subtitle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Removed the "is this cheating" thread from general bridge discussions, guided poster to abuse@bridgebase.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Removed the "is this cheating" thread from general bridge discussions, guided poster to abuse@bridgebase.com. Why did you do this? The OP’s opponent psyched, and you have now encouraged the OP to continue to think that this is improper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 Why did you do this? The OP's opponent psyched, and you have now encouraged the OP to continue to think that this is improper. I don't know why you assume this. I closed the thread because it degenerated into flaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 I don't know why you assume this. I closed the thread because it degenerated into flaming. Oh, I see. I didn’t see any of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 Removed a possum rant about players who game the bots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepossum Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 Removed a possum rant about players who game the bots. Even if they do. Not allowed to mention it eh :) I'll be more careful about upsetting powerful people here in future. I'm used to it by now. They always get upset on whichever forum it is. Goes with the territory :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 Even if they do. Not allowed to mention it eh :) Hardly. You just don't get to say that people who do so are cheats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 w. They always get upset on whichever forum it is. Goes with the territory :) As the saying goes, if you smell crap everywhere you go, maybe check the bottom of your shoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 Pls don't hijack the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 I deleted a thread calling for banning Turkish players from BBO. Our policies are not based on politics and racism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 Removed a thread naming a player, accusing him of cheating and listing a bunch of hands to try to prove it. This is against the forum rules - not only you can't name a player and start a public trial in the forums, it's also not allowed to list his boards and call for public analysis to try to prove something damaging to that player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 Removed a series of spammish posts promising a free event with prizes and asking for user's personal data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 Removed a series of spammish posts promising a free event with prizes and asking for user's personal data.Agree. My upvote for this action :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Removed several spammy posts advertising a bridge lesson. Thanks to everyone who reported those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Removed a few ads for what appears to be virtual clubs, from posters with no prior contributions to the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerriman Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Removed a few ads for what appears to be virtual clubs, from posters with no prior contributions to the forums.Just to satisfy my curiosity, was this a result of something BBO sent out? The find a partner forum went from 0 activity to suddenly a dozen or more new posts in a day, these virtual club posts included. Often you get an influx of new forum posts if something interesting is featured in the BBO newsfeed, but it wasn't there..so wondering where they all came from. [OK, it's in the newsfeed now.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Just to satisfy my curiosity, was this a result of something BBO sent out? The find a partner forum went from 0 activity to suddenly a dozen or more new posts in a day, these virtual club posts included. Often you get an influx of new forum posts if something interesting is featured in the BBO newsfeed, but it wasn't there..so wondering where they all came from.This might be the cause:Last month Tihana wrote about finding a bridge partner. Some of you asked how to do this on BBO; if you feel like playing a pair tournament and none of your partners are around, go to the tournament's Partnership desk to add your name, or invite someone to partner up. But if you're looking for a steady bridge partner check out the Looking for a partner section within the BBO Forum (you need to login with your BBO username and password to post). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 Yep, one of the newsletter got a lot of questions about how to find a partner (in general, not just when trying to join the next open pairs) so we mentioned there is a subforum for this. Also, hijacking the moderation thread is funny :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 Diana, are you or anyone else still active in moderating this forum ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted March 22, 2023 Report Share Posted March 22, 2023 It appears that we are self moderating now. Am I alone in thinking this post is inappropriate? If a woman decides xxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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