scoobynooby

maby you could hide some threads to make ppl show there appreciation a little more..the info here is great and i know if i was writing all these tuts and info i would need some motivation..its just a thought and I want to thank each of you for contributing and making the info here free and available..its a rare and great thing that you all would put so much time and effort into this board...
thankyou so much!!!!

uman

What? That's seriously a bad idea, no offense.

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big_k105

what do you mean by hide some threads?

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DaWei

Deleting, hiding, or locking threads because the content is controversial is not a Good Thang. Content should be controlled in accordance with the purposes of the vehicle that carries it, of course. This is done with policy and discourse, not censorship. I know of a forum that has the upfront policy: Non-technical posts will be deleted, flamers will be banned. If you're not in a serious mood, don't visit.

Here's a quote from my site:

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boo

You maintained well a web site does not mean that applicable to other web sites. You have your own way and thinking in setting up an chatting environment, so do others. This is freedom. This is choice. The bad things is that, one set up and control everything according to oneself, and the visitors have no choice. So, here comes the "Feedback & Suggestion" section, so-called to cater for those visitors who do not satisfy with the 'control''s setting set by the founder. Be an administrator, or old member in this forum, should open to these visitors, because they may have ideas that you expert peoples do not have, otherwise, that's the name of Hitler-style of control.

Once again, don't invite other peoples to visit your website, asked them to give suggestion, and says, "If you're not in a serious mood, don't visit.".

DaWei

Don't get your panties in a wad; you need to read more carefully. The line, "If you're not in a serious mood, don't visit", concerned the other site referenced, not this one:

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Infinite Recursion

I'm still lost... need elaboration from original poster in regards to "hiding" threads.

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DaWei

I know WHAT it is; it's a method of removing them from view without actually deleting them. Devshed does it quite a bit for suppression of (even non-flammable) dissent. I just don't understand how it would "benefit" the forum to hide the fact that people received help. I don't believe it would make any one "appreciate" the forum more. More likely they would move on upon finding what appeared to be an unhelpful forum.

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Infinite Recursion

yeah, I know what it is from that standpoint... if this is the case, then I disagree with the hide as well.

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Ooble

I just don't see a point to it. Seriously, I cannot think of a single, valid reason why you would want to hide any of the threads currently existing on the site.

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