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I have reported the closure of the Ukraine thread.
No place here for discussion of the Invasion of Ukraine?
No place here for discussion of the Invasion of Ukraine?
If you reported it, then the moderators are discussing it. It is borderline anyway because it is to some extend politics. Anyway, give us some time for discussion.geordief said:I have reported the closure of the Ukraine thread.
No place here for discussion of the Invasion of Ukraine?
Moderating that thread has taken a huge amount of work by the Moderators. You likely have not seem most of the posts and subthreads that were deleted. It may be time to just tie if off as too difficult to Moderate...Klystron said:Having read each comment and many attached articles
I'd be sad to see it go but I respect the time and effort the mods put in on this forum and if they feel it needs to go, then so be it.berkeman said:Moderating that thread has taken a huge amount of work by the Moderators. You likely have not seem most of the posts and subthreads that were deleted. It may be time to just tie if off as too difficult to Moderate...
Appreciated too.berkeman said:Moderating that thread has taken a huge amount of work by the Moderators. You likely have not seem most of the posts and subthreads that were deleted. It may be time to just tie if off as too difficult to Moderate...
You must be kidding. The Internet is all around us. There are endless places other than PF to discuss things. The difference perhaps is a more expanded meaning of the word "we".pinball1970 said:Where else can we discuss it?
Define 'the internet'anorlunda said:You must be kidding. The Internet is all around us. There are endless places other than PF to discuss things. The difference perhaps is a more expanded meaning the word "we".
'We' is pf.anorlunda said:You must be kidding. The Internet is all around us. There are endless places other than PF to discuss things. The difference perhaps is a more expanded meaning of the word "we".
Yeah, I too would like to have this discussion here on PF because of the excellent forum rules and moderation, BUT ... did you look at the last couple of posts? We can hardly blame the mods for not wanting to have to deal with that kind of crap, especially since the political posts were expressly against the rules.pinball1970 said:A few days in the cooler, then release the thread with caveats at the mentors discretion.
Yes it went that way. For a few posts. I do not blame them.phinds said:Yeah, I too would like to have this discussion here on PF because of the excellent forum rules and moderation, BUT ... did you look at the last couple of posts? We can hardly blame the mods for not wanting to have to deal with that kind of crap, especially since the political posts were expressly against the rules.
Your wish has been granted, apparently!pinball1970 said:Yes it went that way. For a few posts. I do not blame them.
If, IF they give this another chance I would welcome it BUT put a few rules down. This is political but do not make it political.
I can follow that, so can the other guys. I think.
Yes, it's kind of a tag team effort. We will see how it goes. There was a pretty big cleanup effort (not by me, I'm too lazy).PeroK said:Your wish has been granted, apparently!
I'm not sure I want to open a can of worms, but how so? The discussion was deemed important enough by the Mentors that we really wanted to try to keep it open if we could keep 50-50 politics out of it. It's been a lot of work for a few of the Mentors, but it seems worthwhile if it can be managed.S.G. Janssens said:Leaving this thread open was hypocrisy from the very start.
There are certain words that I write with a capital mid-sentence, but they do not appear in the above quote.berkeman said:I'm not sure I want to open a can of worms, but how so? The discussion was deemed important enough by the Mentors that we really wanted to try to keep it open if we could keep 50-50 politics out of it. It's been a lot of work for a few of the Mentors, but it seems worthwhile if it can be managed.
Yuck, a facefull of worms would definitely be bad.S.G. Janssens said:In any case, indeed, I have no interest in opening any can and risk having it thrown in my face in an online discussion with mostly anonymous parties.
Instead of complaining over and over about the thread, plus contributing posts that seem aimed at getting it shut down, why can you not just STOP READING IT ?PeroK said:As I said above, I expect horrors to emerge that are beyond my comprehension. I don't want to read comments by those who intellectualise them away with a shrug of their egotistical shoulders.
Please close that thread once and for all.
Because it's there. And I know it's there. I'm deciding whether I need to give PF a break for a while. I've tried to ignore it, believe me.phinds said:Instead of complaining over and over about the thread, plus contributing posts that seem aimed at getting it shut down, why can you not just STOP READING IT ?
I'm going to reply to this in the thread...PeroK said:The problem, as ever, is that no one has any claim to views that are more valid than anyone else's. I have my views and others have theirs and we will never agree even on basic facts. I wish it was otherwise, but it's not.
It‘s harder than it sounds. I recently had to request a 10 day vacation to break my interest in a user that I found particularly annoying.phinds said:Instead of complaining over and over about the thread, plus contributing posts that seem aimed at getting it shut down, why can you not just STOP READING IT ?
Thanks for the reminder -- I've deleted that infraction off of your record.caz said:I recently had to request a 10 day vacation
It's still on the list of "new posts".caz said:You could unwatch it so that you do not get notifications.
That's fresh_42 and you can't ignore a mentor.caz said:I believe that if you ignore the OP, it will not show up in the thread lists.
Then I suggest doing what I did and request a 10 day vacation.PeroK said:It's still on the list of "new posts".
That's fresh_42 and you can't ignore a mentor.
I tried that when I was incensed with a post after Xmas. I was pulled back in though.caz said:Then I suggest doing what I did and request a 10 day vacation.
If you cannot bear the thought of ten days away, you probably need ten days away to reflect on PF-life balance
"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" Michael Corleone, The Godfather: Part IIIpinball1970 said:I tried that when I was incensed with a post after Xmas. I was pulled back in though.
The Mentors could "Thread Ban" you from that thread. It won't keep you from seeing it, but it will get rid of the temptation to post in it. Just let us know...PeroK said:Is there a way to ignore the Ukraine thread completely, so I don't see it at all?