graham
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I have been mulling over this since it happened this afternoon. Having just had a conversation with someone who mods various communities on LiveJournal where mods cannot edit posts and where no-one can edit a post after it has been replied to - and who was shocked at what I said, I have decided to post this. It was not an easy decision.
In the thread: Discussion on the post "The effect of changes in liability for Landowners under CROW" someone made a post late this morning. One particular line in that post was noticed by two readers who both, quite quickly, quoted it along with comments.
Three hours later, when I returned to the board, the original line had vanished from the post. Both of the responses to it had also vanished. In no case was there a moderator comment or even a "last edit by ..." line. It was as if none of it had ever been written.
This is censorship. I am aware that this is not my board and I have no say in what rules are in place nor how they are implemented but I feel it important that people do know and understand what is happening.
If the original poster regretted his original statement or how it had been received, then a number of choices were open to him:
To withdraw the statement.
To defend the statement.
To further explain how he felt his words may have been misunderstood.
None of those were done. For the entire exchange to be simply wiped away is censorship of the worst kind. It stifles debate and it allows someone in authority the security of having their errors erased from history. I thought that sort of thing has ceased when the cold war was over.
I do not expect this post to be well-received. So this may be goodbye from me.
It's been fun, some of it, anyway.
In the thread: Discussion on the post "The effect of changes in liability for Landowners under CROW" someone made a post late this morning. One particular line in that post was noticed by two readers who both, quite quickly, quoted it along with comments.
Three hours later, when I returned to the board, the original line had vanished from the post. Both of the responses to it had also vanished. In no case was there a moderator comment or even a "last edit by ..." line. It was as if none of it had ever been written.
This is censorship. I am aware that this is not my board and I have no say in what rules are in place nor how they are implemented but I feel it important that people do know and understand what is happening.
If the original poster regretted his original statement or how it had been received, then a number of choices were open to him:
To withdraw the statement.
To defend the statement.
To further explain how he felt his words may have been misunderstood.
None of those were done. For the entire exchange to be simply wiped away is censorship of the worst kind. It stifles debate and it allows someone in authority the security of having their errors erased from history. I thought that sort of thing has ceased when the cold war was over.
I do not expect this post to be well-received. So this may be goodbye from me.
It's been fun, some of it, anyway.