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Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
Ajay: I didn't delete it, but yes, it was deleted because some people thought it was vulgar. Posts in MD may be deleted at any time, particularly if some people find them controversial or offensive. We used to try to tolerate a much wider variety of posts, but got tired of constantly having to referee arguments and put out fires. Now we just delete things if they start to annoy people.
I did delete your subsequent post in MD asking who deleted your earlier post, because you also asked that here, and there's no reason to repeat the converstion in two places. This is a more appropriate forum, so I deleted the other one.
Rahul: I believe the word you're looking for is vulgar.
You think you know me .... You will never know me ... You know only what I let you know ... You are just a puppet ... --CMG
Originally posted by Rahul Bhattacharjee:
Hi Ajay,
I thought that post would get deleted.If you notice then you will find that my post in the same thread has also been deleted.
In my post I said that you comment is valgure , so I guess who so ever has deleted your post has also deleted mine.It makes sense.
If you go through this link , then you will find the following statement ,
There is still only one rule that applies to MD: "Be nice!"
and I do not see your post conforms to it.
I do not think that your comment was nice to Perrty Arora.
You think you know me .... You will never know me ... You know only what I let you know ... You are just a puppet ... --CMG
Originally posted by Ajay Mathew:
Vulgar? Be Nice?
You think you know me .... You will never know me ... You know only what I let you know ... You are just a puppet ... --CMG
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Originally posted by Nik Arora:
Hi Ajay,
Respect women.
Regards,
Nik
[ September 21, 2007: Message edited by: Nik Arora ]
You think you know me .... You will never know me ... You know only what I let you know ... You are just a puppet ... --CMG
Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
Ajay -
Well the problem is, we don't really want to start having detailed explanations and discussions every time something gets deleted, because then the next time, everyone else thinks they're entitled to a detailed explanation too, and we've found in the past that that just makes more work for us in the long run. Meaningless Drivel is supposed to be fun; it can have some interesting discussions, but we don't want it to be extra work to maintain it; that's not the primary reason why we're here. If people start getting offended or arguing, we're just more likely to delete topics that seem likely to lead to offense or arguing, and less likely to take time explaining ourselves.
I will say that, independent of Rahul's comment that the post was vulgar, I personally thought it was at least in questionable taste. And when you edited your post to add "PG-13", smilies and :roll: , and said "it's fixed!", that seemed to make things more objectionable, not better. I probably would have deleted it at that point, but someone else did first. Look, some people find pathroom humor offensive, and the fact that you made it specifically bathroom humor about women made it more likely to offend.
Are there other potentially offensive things in that thread or other threads that don't get deleted? I don't know - maybe. Deciding what to delete is a subjective call, and not everyone is going to agree. If people start complaining about more things, we'll probably delete more things. Threads will become more boring. Too bad, but these things happen.
You think you know me .... You will never know me ... You know only what I let you know ... You are just a puppet ... --CMG
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