Hey folks - as a member of the DawgNation community, please remember to abide by simple rules of civil engagement with other members:
- Please no inappropriate usernames (remember that there may be youngsters in the room)
- Personal attacks on other community members are unacceptable, practice the good manners your mama taught you when engaging with fellow Dawg fans
- Use common sense and respect personal differences in the community: sexual and other inappropriate language or imagery, political rants and belittling the opinions of others will get your posts deleted and result in warnings and/ or banning from the forum
- 3/17/19 UPDATE -- We've updated the permissions for our "Football" and "Commit to the G" recruiting message boards. We aim to be the best free board out there and that has not changed. We do now ask that all of you good people register as a member of our forum in order to see the sugar that is falling from our skies, so to speak.
- Please no inappropriate usernames (remember that there may be youngsters in the room)
- Personal attacks on other community members are unacceptable, practice the good manners your mama taught you when engaging with fellow Dawg fans
- Use common sense and respect personal differences in the community: sexual and other inappropriate language or imagery, political rants and belittling the opinions of others will get your posts deleted and result in warnings and/ or banning from the forum
- 3/17/19 UPDATE -- We've updated the permissions for our "Football" and "Commit to the G" recruiting message boards. We aim to be the best free board out there and that has not changed. We do now ask that all of you good people register as a member of our forum in order to see the sugar that is falling from our skies, so to speak.
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Can confirm it’s desktop only. You can go full site on your menu bar and try that way though
That worked, thanks!
@dawgnms That is in no way a rule that you will follow. Want to test it? I advise you consult with your fellow mods.
I quit taking tests long ago......thanks for the advice
No. Once someone comments on a thread, it becomes part of the community. That is the only reasonable way to look at it. Someone put thought or not and effort into making a comment. Now, yes, there can be reasons - GOOD reasons - to close a thread. But nebulous TOXIC or request by the author aren't ones.
Lol you own what you post. How does it feel thinking you are the smartest person in the room, just curious
Practice and I look in the mirror A LOT.
Again, do you want to test that?
It’s always been a rule that if the OP asks for it to be closed it will be closed. It’s happened numerous times before. The good news is that the thread is still apart of the community, as it was closed, not deleted. “Toxic” comments can also get threads closed. So, that thread was 0 for 2. Kasey also said you could start a new thread on the same topic. In summation, thread had 2 reasons for being closed, an alternative solution was given, not sure what else we can do at this point.
What part of I quit taking tests long ago did you not understand
This thread is getting toxic, should I close it? /s
Yes, lock it down!
It would be to reject the "OP requests to close" as a routine valid reason to close a thread. The OP has no other control over a thread. Why should the OP determine its very existence (in continuity)? Doesn't make sense to me.
We’re just honoring the request of the user that started that thread. Simple as that. They determined it’s existence by starting the thread, so they can determine its end (if they so choose).
"That government is best, that governs least"
- Henry David Throeau, "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
There will obviously be extreme instances where personal attacks, NSFW material, etc. may require mod intervention but I think letting these threads self-regulate and work themselves out is typically a perfectly suitable approach.