Can I start a thread w/o being deleted?

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Registered: 12-29-2003
Can I start a thread w/o being deleted?
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Thu, 05-13-2004 - 7:12pm
I was getting tired of all the kinky "abuse" threads, too, but I'm a little disturbed by the fact that three threads that generated over 200 posts have been deleted completely without a trace in the last 24 hours. Without any explanation! Even to discuss why it happened got deleted so I guess this thread will too.

taoist.

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Registered: 10-30-2003
Thu, 05-13-2004 - 8:25pm

Taoist, I've reported

CL-Yasmin1967

May I have the serenity to accept what I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I

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Registered: 04-08-2004
Fri, 05-14-2004 - 9:26am
Oh so now we find out who the censorship police are. Hmmm. I tell anyone that they are being rude, abusive with there posts, or otherwise and everyone jumps down my throat for speaking my mind, but someone reports it as offensive and it gets removed. I see how this works now. O.K. so when I find something offensive, I will just report it. Lets make everything anyone says offensive, that way the entire board gets deleted. LOL Oh well, just my two cents. Trying to assist Taoist in getting this thread deleted as well. I just think it all really silly, childish, and verges on pathetic.
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Registered: 10-18-2001
Fri, 05-14-2004 - 9:41am
It was the drugs that did it. Drugs are evil.
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Registered: 04-08-2004
Fri, 05-14-2004 - 9:51am
LOL. O.K. Well, whatever. Drugs are not anymore evil than we make them. If you use them, your choice, if you don't, your choice. Talking about them should not set off any alarms to anyone. I think people need to lighten up a bit about what is offensive to them, as it may not be to everyone else. Our heated debates got very offensive, and I noticed the post that Honey and I got into it on got deleted as well. I think it has more to do with the insults, and verbal abuse than anything else, but that is just me, and MHO
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Fri, 05-14-2004 - 9:57am

Hi taoist and everyone~


I want to assure you the discussions have not been deleted.

 


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Registered: 10-30-2003
Fri, 05-14-2004 - 10:13am

>>I think it has more to do with the insults, and verbal abuse than anything else<<


Yes, exactly.

CL-Yasmin1967

May I have the serenity to accept what I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I

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Registered: 01-25-2004
Fri, 05-14-2004 - 12:37pm
Is it really so bad that a few of those threads are gone? I'm sorry, but a lot of them were just outright rude, with at least 6 of them BLANTANTLY attacking Tiana and calling her names, and way more attacking her husband and calling him names. Then the one that asked why it had been deleted ended up going in the same direction with certain people just going after Tiana for the things her and her husband CHOOSE to do in the privacy of their own bedroom. Those threads became childish and rude and while not patently offensive, not something I think newbies really should be reading to get a sense of how the people here are, because never before had I seen such immature attacking. And while Tiana's original thread had some awesome posts with wonderful information for other women who may be abused...it was 80 posts long, and MOST of them were rude to Tiana or one line insults between other posters. I hope the CM returns the thread with the good posts in tact, because it does seem sad for such good info to go to waste. Just my two cents on the matter...

Angel

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Registered: 04-13-2004
Fri, 05-14-2004 - 12:46pm
I'm glad to hear that those posts back to me were not the norm for this board. I actually cried over it one night. I was so hurt and felt like I was the only one in the world with a kinky hubby. That just can't be. Anyway, thanks and I hope we can all discuss things calmly and nicely in the future.
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Registered: 04-23-2003
Fri, 05-14-2004 - 12:53pm
Just a thought....

"I think people need to lighten up a bit about what is offensive to them, as it may not be to everyone else."

That's a good point, but we should remember that it goes both ways; something that one person does NOT find offensive, might offend someone else.

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Registered: 10-09-2003
Fri, 05-14-2004 - 1:42pm
Yes. It makes it very difficult to try and remain respectful...since it's so subjective. It's extremely discouraging. I've seen very informative threads about the MOST important issues we all face today, just up and disappear off the face of the earth. As if to say, "If we ignore them, they'll go away." It makes one not want to bother to post any longer. :-(

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