Can Talk to the Moderator Be Returned?

[Snow96]

No the talk to the moderator will not return. It turns into a circus.

Now onto some of the items:

@Janet_Miller

At least if posts were deleted, the poster could know what he/she did wrong.

Old forum allowed us to put a reason for deletion and it showed up in thread. That software was no longer supported. New software doesn’t have that option.

@Janet_Miller

What are grounds for deletion and closing a thread?

All sorts of things. Like the thread about users on the old forum started going more into attacking past users. So it got shut down. If a thread turned into a trainwreck with more deletions than posts left they can be closed. Trolling threads are closed or deleted.

@Nemesis

And because the mods do not communicate their decisions no one knows the reason why. Everything is done in secret which creates an atmosphere not conducive to a healthy and lively message board.

It is impossible to send a message to every user for every deleted post. Example, a thread yesterday I deleted a posts that was nothing more than a “drudge report” type with links to about 30 articles with no discussion on any of them. When I hit delete, it deleted 48 posts with it.

@Nemesis

No disrespect to the mods but the owners of this site can easily get someone to moderate, what they cannot do easily, is attract and retain a diverse user base.

It is actually getting harder and harder to find people to moderate the board. Last mod added was after several turned down the opportunity.