Petition to get Sean from closing threads he doesn't like

[sean]

I know it's not going anywhere physically, but the quality does seem to be slipping. I don't know where you are getting the .6% from, right now the poll is 50/50. Of course we are still very early in, but I wouldn't call it .6% unless after a month the poll is at .6%...

Well lets see, 900 members and it seems 2 so far disaprove so we are up to .22% which is even more favorable for me.

I keep winning!

This is his site, I believe he should run it the way he feel is better for the whole community.

This is NOT my site, I just try to help govern it. I know I wont make everyone happy and again a very SMALL number of folks disprove of having me around. I have to live with that and Im ok with it because this place continues to grow with great members and posts.

[timothymoore]

This is his site, I believe he should run it the way he feel is better for the whole community.

If he deleted a thread, maybe it was because it was against rules/ policy.

I believe that, if your thread is deleted, and you think it was unnecessary, PM him and ask, maybe he saw something you didn't, or maybe he didn't saw something you did!

Levy

i always under the assumption that this was tamir's forum? im not tryin to start nothing, but that was just my understanding unless i missed something. btw i voted in favor of sean.

[jmettee]

While I like total freedom of speech (i.e. don't touch any of the threads), nothing has really bothered me. I typically don't read any of the threads that go in a very opinionated direction (K-Jet vs Carb is a good example where the thread goes MANY pages of opinions). I just avoid them, but those are the ones that have the most "yelling & bantering" that typically would get closed or moderated.

I like the splitting of threads, especially as many times as it happened on the old .com board. I think Bill R. was the king of "tangent talk" & owned most of the split-off threads.


The technical help threads are the ones I tend to read, & those typically don't get locked or go off in tangents.

I'm happy, in general. For what it's worth, I'm glad to see the Social Issues forums go away with the old .com. Sean runs the boards, so in my opinion, he can run it how he wants. I haven't seen anything ridiculous that he's done, so until that happens, I'm happy with DMCTalk....so much so, I still have the DMCTalk.COM on the back window of the D. It's worth something now that .com was replaced with .org, right

[Ikeaboy1]

I believe in free speech, but this is a privately run board. Our 'right' to free speech is our ability to start our own or join another if we disapprove of how this is run.

I generally think Sean does a good job keeping repeat threads and general unpleasantness under control. But in the last few weeks I feel completely out of the loop, as I've evidently missed a lot of stuff that was deleted.

I suppose I'm in favor of moderating obscenities, attacks on others, and redundant threads. Otherwise it may be best to let a lot of stuff slide.

[sean]

But in the last few weeks I feel completely out of the loop, as I've evidently missed a lot of stuff that was deleted.

But this is the point I was attempting to get at, you haven't missed anything because it hasn't been deleted.

[Ikeaboy1]

Then I approve.

[AdmiralSenn]

I never like it when a post or thread disappears, but I have to say that this forum is a FANTASTIC place.

I would venture to say that maybe he's deleting posts more often because things have gotten more rancorous lately. The carburetion thread pissing matches were starting to rival the politics/religion threads of yore for a while.

And yeah, sometimes a thread getting split totally throws off the flow of conversation, which is sometimes more important than the actual topic of discussion. But it makes future searches easier.

I dunno. I think sean does a great job herding the various cats that make up this community. I haven't seen anything untoward or out of line from him offhand.

[Ozzie]

For the membership fee that I pay to this forum, for the privilege to participate, interact and meet with other owners, and to learn about my car, I'm one happy customer just the way it is!
Keep the good work, Mods.

[protodelorean]

I think Sean's doing fine. Those that think he's being too strict, better hope he never approves my Moderation application. I have no tolerance for off-topic/tangents. You wanna exercise your right to free speech, get a sharpie and a piece of posterboard and go stand on the street corner. Otherwise, in here, STAY ON TOPIC!

[stevedmc]

Hey, I voted! FWIW, the last post I deleted was on 10/12 and was steve saying "Sean sucks".

Sean sucks.

Well lets see, 900 members and it seems 2 so far disaprove so we are up to .22% which is even more favorable for me.

Most of the 900 members don't even contribute. The amount of people who have posted more than a few times is probably closer to a hundred. In my opinion, the people who open an account and don't ask questions or contribute, don't count.