topic Re: Commenting Period in Community Chat

Commenting Period

Kachina624 — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:20:50 GMT

We've had some good discussions going, everyone has played nice and suddenly the "commenting period" has ended? What's with this? Perhaps someone needs to tell us how long the commenting period is. Maybe someone needs to end it on the Fiesta buyer's thread or Pancake's?

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Rainbows and Roses — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:23:19 GMT

I don't understand why they have closed some threads. ????? Depends on the web person I guess at the time. Amazing what they keep and what they discard.

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voyager1980 — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:25:20 GMT

Don't understand it either.Seems random.What I don't like is they close the thread & take out some posts & leave others.All I did was agree w a post on the cigarettes thread & didn't say anything against standards but my posts gone but the one i agreed w is still there.

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voyager1980 — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 03:26:54 GMT

jmho but I think they should either poof the whole thing or leave it un-edited.

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colliegirls — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:23:07 GMT

One was getting political, that is probably what closed it.

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Topaz Gem — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:27:45 GMT

Don't pick on the Pancake thread! I think it's pretty certain that the Pancake thread will never get controversial, so I feel the moderators will leave that alone. They've tried deleting it in the past and restored it after many complaints.

I'm not familiar with the Fiesta thread, but I suspect it's merely a group of like-minded Fiesta lovers that like to check in with each other every day.

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Suziepeach — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:31:14 GMT

Gosh there have been all kinds of fun, non controversial threads deleted- no disrespect to the Pancake or other thread but what makes them so different? And please people don't throw stones at me for asking an honest question.

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Topaz Gem — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:33:56 GMT

On 3/18/2014 Suzie said:
Gosh there have been all kinds of fun, non controversial threads deleted- no disrespect to the Pancake or other thread but what makes them so different? And please people don't throw stones at me for asking an honest question.

Pancake has been deleted several times, but after so many posters complained each time, I feel that it went on the 'do not delete' list.

If there's a thread that you feel should be around indefinitely, write to the social media team and request that they keep it up. It was probably a simple act of housecleaning.

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Suziepeach — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:36:42 GMT

Thanks, Topaz. I was only asking a general question not about any certain one thread that was deleted. Am sure whomever is in charge has their reasons.

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Free2be — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:46:43 GMT

I don't know the latest thread that was locked. I'd' like to add that I have no problem with discussing suicide because it is an important social issue.

I do have a problem with the unnecessary salacious last 7 words in the topic title re the designer's suicide. My eyes glance over it but still it is jarring. It's not that I want the thread deleted, I just wish posters would be more considerate.

Really, what IS the primary topic there? A famous designer now dead?, that she had a famous boyfriend?, suicide?, or her method? Could the OP not allow those interested to click in without causing a mental vision of it every time they see the topic?

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LilacTree — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:34:45 GMT

On 3/18/2014 Topaz Gem said:
On 3/18/2014 Suzie said:
Gosh there have been all kinds of fun, non controversial threads deleted- no disrespect to the Pancake or other thread but what makes them so different? And please people don't throw stones at me for asking an honest question.

Pancake has been deleted several times, but after so many posters complained each time, I feel that it went on the 'do not delete' list.

If there's a thread that you feel should be around indefinitely, write to the social media team and request that they keep it up. It was probably a simple act of housecleaning.

Why not just set up threads like the Pancake thread as its own topic? Then one never has to look at it again. I don't read the thread at all, but I imagine it is a daily conversation thread for those who participate in it. It doesn't bother me.

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Suziepeach — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:51:43 GMT

I really don't give a hoot about how long the Pancake thread continues or any other long thread. I was responding to OP's original post. We have our picture threads & people complain about those that don't even participate. I've basically stopped because I was singled out yet others around me kept posting cute pictures.

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maryebrown_1 — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:01:34 GMT

There's many threads that have been ongoing for years...and many get so off-topic and silly, I don't know why they are still on the boards.

The most recent one about the dad who shot the daughter's BF started getting into racial areas (because the posters didn't bother to read the link, posted in the OP's topic) and there was clearly not a racial question involved, yet the last posters on the thread took it into murky waters. Poof.

Some other topics with lively discussions have been heavily edited and some posts remain yet don't make much sense. At the bottom, the msg. says 'the commenting period has closed'. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason why the webbie is doing this. JMO

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bells4me — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:19:49 GMT

I think the plane thread was closed because it changed to Putin & political.