Hiding Posts

by Tilum on February 15th 2009, 1:31 pm

Hello All,

On some forums that i am a member on, it is possible to hide a post. This would remove the name of the author and all of the message. This would make moderating easy as you wouldn't have to edit a post to say "Content Removed" All you would do is press a button to hide the post. Also, the post that you hid would not be uneditable to stop members editing moderation comments out and putting offensive content back in.

Example:
Lets say that a member posted a swear word, this swear word was "Boo", so a moderator came along and was like, OH he just posted "Boo" i'm going to have to hide that, so the moderator:

a) Inserted the [Hide] Tags. Members posted after this and then saw the swear word "Boo". Also, the member who posted "Boo" cam back from his 24hr ban and edited the post, removed the tags and put "Boo" back in.

b) Hid the post, all he had to do was hit one button. Members that posted after the moderators post didn't see anything, it was all fine. When the member came back from his 24hr ban, he went to edit his post to replace "Boo" and noticed that there wasn't an edit button! The word did not re appear.

That's a made up example, but can you remember when that disgusting member who came and posted all the graphic pictures of car crash victims? Skittles, who was the moderator at the the time, has to go through editing all of the pictures and replacing it with => Removed etc, all she would have had to have done was press Hide, and it would be gone!

As you can see, it is easier to hide the post, than delete it as this would cause confusion.
If you have any questions please post below.

Thanks for reading,
Tilum

by ImProviser on February 15th 2009, 1:34 pm

i just love the idea Wink

voted yes

by :)tayne:) on February 15th 2009, 2:47 pm

voted no

by Tilum on February 15th 2009, 3:00 pm

:)tayne:) wrote:voted no

That's really not helpful.

Please explain why?

by Guest on February 15th 2009, 3:43 pm

I voted yes as then when you ban a member for spam there is evidence still on site.

by Tilum on February 15th 2009, 3:45 pm

fluffypenguin wrote:I voted yes as then when you ban a member for spam there is evidence still on site.

Thanks..

You can also unhide a post in case it was a mistake Wink

by RikaComet on February 15th 2009, 4:07 pm

voted yes

by :)tayne:) on February 15th 2009, 4:12 pm

sorry I did not understandwhat you ment if I could I would vote yes sorry.

by Tilum on February 15th 2009, 4:17 pm

:)tayne:) wrote:sorry I did not understandwhat you ment if I could I would vote yes sorry.

No offence but if you don't understand a suggestion that doesn't mean to vote no.

~ Tilum

by :)tayne:) on February 15th 2009, 4:18 pm

but I do understand it now.

by InsanityVonMike on February 15th 2009, 4:20 pm

:)tayne:) wrote:sorry I did not understandwhat you ment if I could I would vote yes sorry.

If you don't understand the suggestion you shouldn't vote at all?

by Kazukii on February 16th 2009, 3:37 pm

I'm right behind this suggestion. Definatly.

by ParadiseKid on February 16th 2009, 11:32 pm

Isn't this similar to the "Friends and Foes" feature? Where adding a member to your "foes" list prevents you from seeing any of their posts?

I think you need to elaborate a bit further into what you are trying to suggest, because, at the moment, it sounds like something we already have.

by ~Chris on February 17th 2009, 2:04 am

Fantastic idea Tilum,

+Yes from me Wink

by darren1 on February 17th 2009, 2:11 am

ParadiseKi, this would be nothing like the friends / foe's thing im sure of that (after all its tim) Wink

Tim

(catch them)

Its a sh*t yes from me!!

by Base on February 17th 2009, 5:51 am

Voted yes. It's a good idea.

by ape man on February 17th 2009, 7:19 am

I think this is a good thing to have as i could have done with that about 3 days a go as we had some posts that not all the mods could remove.

i have voted YES Very good

by Tarogasini on February 17th 2009, 12:22 pm

Voted yes. Well explained suggestion.

by ParadiseKid on February 17th 2009, 1:22 pm

After reading the suggestion a few more times, I think I understand what it is that is being suggested.

And as a result of that understanding, I vote yes.