Some topics just can't be discussed reasonably.
yes we do take the baby out with the bath water sometimes. But, we make no excuses that we are an over moderated site compared to others. It's more important to us to keep the peace and make this as much of a drama/argument/fight/troll/spam free site that we are deliberately over cautious. Especially with topics that have been long standing blood baths.
And on top of that we aren't ever going to be able to be consistent... Each moderator has his own boundary for certain topics.
A lot of it depends on who sees it first.
But here's as good of an example I can give...
Vendor bashing: we typically don't delete those threads. but we do close them. We do have to protect vendors from relentless bashing but we need to allow members the ability to voice a complaint or concern.
Politics. Just always causes a fight. So no need to even let it be seen, as it just reignites the flame.
I know those are over generalized an don't really answer the question.
But, the bottom line is we do over moderate this site and we do so on purpose.
It's good and bad. We know that. But Tran has asked us to keep doing it that way so we will.
I hope that makes sense.
Now...
I'm gonna close this thread and delete it...
