I'm sorry to be so crude but I'm done with this site.
Whoever the moderator is keeps removing good, legitimate posts by longtime posters such as friggin, socal and others.
What a bunch of B.S.
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I'm sorry to be so crude but I'm done with this site.
Whoever the moderator is keeps removing good, legitimate posts by longtime posters such as friggin, socal and others.
What a bunch of B.S.
It's almost as if this site has been paid by Sirius to screen any comments that could be deemed as negative to the company's agenda and remove them if necessary.
What's really going on here?
Are you talking about on the boards or in the blog post comments?
I have not touched a single comment or board thread in some time.
BYE :santawave:
By the way, I emailed frigginregan and made sure he had a copy of his comment before I removed it, so that he could post it in forums because his post had nothing to do with the Sirius promo code article.
We censor next to nothing here, in fact, I talk more shit about Sirius then most people here. Feel free to post anything you want AS LONG AS IT IS IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE. Or how about in a place that is REMOTELY related.
I am growing very tired of being accused of "censorship".
We try very hard to let most comments live on this site as they are posted. However, there are times where a comment does not relate to the subject at hand, is an attack on someone in a persoanl way, is a hit and run or is simply so vulgar that it should be removed.
While that may frustrate some, there has to be a sense of order and civility here. That is what separates this site from yahoo and others.
I find it ironic that a site that gioves a quality place for people to interact in a meaningfull way get slammed like we do. It makes me question whether or not it is worth spending the time we do on this site.
I have not noticed anything of this nature, but instead of removing the post in its entirety, is there a way for you to simply show that the post was removed for XYZ reason. Or state that it was moved for XYZ reason? Just a suggestion to keep the detractors at bay.
PS. I appreciate a tidy room.
The forum does a pretty good job of that but wordpress does not (although I am working on that), which is why I went totally out of my way to email the person who made the post, included the entire post in the email so it would not be lost, and then encouraged him to place it into a thread in the forum.
I'm not upset about my post being removed. It was my first, and I can see SiriusBuzz's point. Even tho my post wasn't vulgar(just your typical Friggin rant)...it really didn't have anything directly related to the article on Sirius Holiday Coupons.
In my defense, NO ONE was commenting on the article.
Management has every right to remove posts. But I'd also say that it's a grey line. If more people had posted in that article, like a conversation, posts OFTEN go off topic. You start talking about one thing, and soon you're talking about another. You have to be careful to label something off topic, when it could simply be part of the natural flow of a conversation. One topic leads to another. Feelings beget more feelings, and pretty soon you're talking about something else entirely. Forums and posts are like conversations. They are ORGANIC.
Ok...I said my peace.
My lack of posting as of late has nothing to do with Tyler or anyone at Sirius Buzz removing posts and everything to do with my COMPLETE lack of passion for this stock anymore.
So no hard feelings. Still a great site.
Peace out.
IMO, you made a good post and a good rant but you weren't doing yourself any favors by posting it there. I don't want to have to act like the police when stuff is WAY off topic and at the same time you guys posting shouldn't want to do it either, as often times good stuff gets buried from the public eye. I hate getting crucified by trying to help people do the right thing.
I spend a lot of time on other blogs/websites because its part of what I do for a living and its clear to me that some of the people who post here are using comment sections and forum posting for the first time and I think its cool, all I want to do is steer people in the right direction. For instance, I cant count how many times I have seen people in the forums quote someone who is directly posting above them. So, I try and let people know that the point of quoting is to keep a conversation focused if you are talking to someone out of order and I get called an asshole... its tough sometimes.
Stay tuned for threaded and paginated post capability in the comment section of the site coming very soon. It will be much easier to keep track of off topic conversations. I will be working all weekend to get it in place. I am going to make everyone here happy if its the last thing I do.
WOW I MISSED IT.. it must have pissed some people off!! :thumbup:
my 2 cents, freedom to your opinion is ok but dont insult or be to foul in your comments and if your offended grow a pair and get over it, and if your offending people grow up.. :out:
this is a place for sirius fans/inverstors to chat converce etc. not a liberal blog post ..
peace and go long the market next week..
I can't stand the random first time posters that jump on and blast a topic, I think its called "flaming". I'm not afraid of negative news or opinions and I have seen plenty around here that are informative so i don't believe the administrators delete anything that is informative in nature.
I however prefer a tidy house also. This is a good, well mantained site. Thanks for your efforts.
Tyler - I wasn't specifically directing this post at you. If you weren't the one deleting posts then don't take it personally. I think you do a great job with this site. Your articles are usually well thought out and thought provoking.
I personally come to this site to exchange opinions and thoughts with the other posters, most of which I consider my "online friends". It disturbs me however, when posts are deleted or removed. If I just wanted to find out about recent events related to Sirius there are plenty of other sites I could go to that provide this information. It's the interaction that is appealing to me.
I understand the desire to keep everything as clean and orderly as possible but again, and I know that I sound like a broken record here, deleting posts makes me not want to be part of the community here.
Friggin and others might not mind having their posts removed but I do. I find value in everyone's ideas/opinions, positive or negative, and related or not to the articles. They are all valuable.
As long as they are relating to the topic at hand, then there is no problem. If the post is something completely off topic and has nothing to do at all with the post, then it will be removed - or moved to somewhere more appropriate.
I can understand your frustration, but you also have to understand ours. When we have a great conversation going on about something like toilet bowl cleaners, and you come in talking about laundry detergant, it can become very distracting from the conversation - the conversation that OTHERS are having with THEIR "online friends".
AGAIN, I went out of my way to personally email him to make sure his thoughts/work were not lost. I also encouraged him to repost his comments.
BYE!
So do we, that is why we do not censor anyone. His post nor anyone's have ever been removed because they were anti Sirius or personally anti me. Proof positive? This whole thread was not only allowed to live, but I have also gone out of my way to respond it.
As if that was not enough, I spent my entire day off rewriting the comment section of the articles so that we could have more on topic threaded commenting capabilities.
Like it or not, I get 10 emails complaining about off topic crap for every 1 email I get from people complaining about me removing off topic crap.
Charles,
Thanks for your responses and good luck with your site.
BYE back.
GetItStraight
:santawave:
what happened ?:confused:
fight ! fight !
lol !! ha ha hah ahhahha ha ! this is what happened on wheel of fortune yesterday- _ oun_ing
_ _ _ _ _
the category was - what are you doing
and this lady thought she knew it here. so she said " i like to solve pat , BOUNCING CHECK " ! ehhhhh, wrong. turned out to be " Counting Sheep "
but after the other person solved it , Pat , while looking at the lady who answered wrong , " So quickly we learn about our contestants "
lol !
none of the above is relevant to this site , so i have to say something like , they're starting to give examples of who would be hurt if there is no auto-loan , BUT , i have yet to hear how this could effect SiriusXM as well. is that good or bad ? calling on Newman, SiriusHope, Apex, Pooldad , Slvery , etc , you know who are , info please. thanks
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1. There is no fight here... what to fight about it?:boxer:
2. The fist part of your post was totally relevant... the second part was not. You should go post the second part in its own thread.
WAHHH. It looks to me like Charles went out of his way to do the right thing, what the hell could you possibly be upset about.
I hear where you're coming from Charles...but keep in mind, just because something is off topic, doesn't make it "CRAP"....and all posts - like conversations are organic and OFTEN go off topic the longer they last. So although I see your point, and agree that my one lone post in that instance was appropriate to move since it was not part of a "conversation"...you shouldn't delete all off topic posts for the reason I mention above. You'll drive yourself nuts trying to control an organic conversation.
Cheers.