Wha……? There was once a thread here instigated by the dearly departed “bronze”. Despite (or because) the thread appeared to make no sense whatsoever I wrote a reply. However, be that as it may, I now notice that the thread has been completely removed even though bronze’s comments were not abusive, rude or derogatory. Whilst I accept that the thread was in the firing line to be shifted to the “Mundane” forum (which could be re-named to something more appropriate but that’s another issue) to completely obliterate it because it did not conform to a perceived sense of order was uncalled for in my opinion.
There have been jocular references to the “thread police” but one of the delights of the aw.com forums was the controlled anarchy, wayward thought and off the wall humour that used to prevail. This included meandering threads which had a charm all of its own. Individualism is being rubbed out. Recently, one correspondent was criticised for “negative thoughts”, even though that person is very positive and resolute in the more innocent aspects of this site. We really do not want an Orwellian diktat along the lines of “you vill be cheerful.”
I understand that moderating a forum is a difficult job, but maybe we could err on the side of caution rather than heavy-handiness.
There have been jocular references to the “thread police” but one of the delights of the aw.com forums was the controlled anarchy, wayward thought and off the wall humour that used to prevail. This included meandering threads which had a charm all of its own. Individualism is being rubbed out. Recently, one correspondent was criticised for “negative thoughts”, even though that person is very positive and resolute in the more innocent aspects of this site. We really do not want an Orwellian diktat along the lines of “you vill be cheerful.”
I understand that moderating a forum is a difficult job, but maybe we could err on the side of caution rather than heavy-handiness.
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