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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
since when have mods started removing "bad" comments in the news articles. some people wish to express their personal opinion regarding people, places and events only to have them deleted? i understand that some of the comments are crude and probably shouldn't be said but others aren't so bad and are still removed.

was there any announcement of this or rules regarding posting in the comments section? i know there is a forum rules thread but are they the same?
Feb 23 2008 8:55PM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
well i have been called "a 12 year old inbreed with downs"

just for disagreeing with someone on politics.. (note) i didnt call them anything to provoke it..
Feb 23 2008 11:21PM
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alaskakid
Posts: 5540 - Karma: 430
fuck that, shits bullshit.

seriously though...that truly is lame
Feb 23 2008 11:44PM
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freezed
Posts: 12973 - Karma: 500
I'm going to personally delete every comment you ever make.

Really though, I only ever delete something if it's just really stupid ( like "Jon is a gay cock fag" - someone actually posted that in a news article) or if it's obviously slanderous, saying something untrue about an athlete or company or whatever. As far as I know, people are allowed to disagree, as long as you keep your comments from being indecent. I dunno, that's all just my personal opinions.
Feb 24 2008 12:55AM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 149
Any message may be removed if it is deemed by mods to be unsuitable for any reason whatsoever (Amongst other reasons).

This is why mods exist - to moderate content.
Feb 24 2008 12:56AM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
right, i couldnt have said it better, im fine with disagreement(i think its a good thing, makes you examine your beliefs) but i really dont enjoy being called "a 12 year old inbreed with downs"

Feb 24 2008 1:05AM
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RudyGarmisch
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If someone complains the jumps Jon personally built are too big, they deserve to be called out.
Feb 24 2008 3:44AM
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skodeo7
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Exactly. Mods aren't going out of their way to carry out a conspiracy against you (or are we?). Were skiers just like you, we are all about people expressing their thoughts as long as they aren't slanderous or inappropriate content.
Feb 24 2008 9:10AM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
^yea i understand the whole indecency thing, maybe its been going on for a while and i just haven't noticed.

and rowen pretty much nailed it, i made a comment about someone regarding a certain event and it was removed. yea i probably shouldn't have said it, just seems like the site is being censored more than it was in the past. does it have anything to do with the 411 ownership or was it a general consensus to clean up the site?
Feb 24 2008 2:28PM
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skodeo7
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I by no means speak for the site when I say this, but I think has nothing whatsoever with the 411 acquisition. We've been trying to clean up NS for a while. Soon after I became a mod a bunch us decided to respond to the outcry of people complaining about how shitty NS is and about how many crappy pointless things get posted. Were just trying to weed out the filth and try to have lots of quality posts.
Feb 24 2008 4:06PM
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freezed
Posts: 12973 - Karma: 500
A while back, a lot of people were complaining about how many garbage posts, threads, comments, etc, that there were all over NS. The admins made me, iggyskier, skiunit19, and then skodeo mods to supplement their ability to keep down the levels of stupid/useless/insulting posts, as a lot of the previous mods were hardly ever online anymore. So it's the latter, has nothing to do with 411.
Feb 24 2008 4:09PM
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spere
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thanks for the answers, keep up the good work
Feb 24 2008 5:50PM
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papasteeze
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The thread at the top of this forum has been stickied for quite some time now sort of explains it.
Feb 24 2008 10:33PM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
yea i saw that but wasn't sure if it applied to other things besides the forums such as comment sections in news articles. guess they are the same
Feb 24 2008 10:36PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22671 - Karma: 75,830
There's zero to do with the 411 ownership here... they could give a shit what is posted on the site, as long as it doesn't break any laws.  

We delete stuff when its fucking stupid and unnecessary.    Comments, forum posts, pictures, whatever... all of it falls under the same roof.

People come on here and constantly bitch about how NS has too much shit talking, so we have been making more of an effort lately to just delete the useless whiney complaining, and just plain dumb posts. 

If people didn't say stupid shit, we wouldn't have to delete it, but for one I'm sick and tired of reading stupid hate.   I mean if you're going to hate at least make a good point and post intelligently... that way you don't just come off as a whiney teenager.  :)


Feb 25 2008 2:47PM
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triebby
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JEA!!
Feb 27 2008 12:01PM
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