Moderators editing posts

[GommeInc]

The reason pointless comments are edited is because they contain no logical thinking by the user to what the have insterted into the reply, it is more often than not a reason to increase post count quickly.

And yes we do wish for users to stay on topic, if you get a user posting whatever he/she wishes in the thread then tom **** and harry do the same, in no time the thread has gone totally off the point and is basicly spam.
That is why there is many sections to post the aprropriate topic in so that evrryone can discuss whatever they wish without having to have threads taken over.

This way it makes the forum fair for everyone.

May I ask, how do you know that there is no logical thinking? A post or indeed a thread is not pointless until proven so by many pointless posts following it.

Also, who says a forum has to have logical thinking behind each post? Humour is something for teenage culture, which the forum bases itself around, that changes depending on different tastes. This is a forum for teenagers, not a forum for business men and women for mature and intellectual conversation, because we are all well aware that this forum attracts users because of the fact it is aimed at teenagers (or tried to but fails miserably), rather than brainy people, which aren't all that common on Habbo...

[kk.]

Well I would say that post is off-topic. The previous post he made had off-topic elements but was also on-topic. The previous off-topic post was not edited as they were staff and it has to go the staff editor. It provides nothing constructive to the thread topic at all. It could have been easily put in a pm. We are hired to moderate by the rules of the forum so that's it really

The only thing is, i was replying directly because im not going to repeat what i said before as this would be a waste of my time and people reading it. if i was to put something along the lines of waht i said previously ("and i wouldnt think so. which pepper anyway? black pepper is used for seasoning so i wouldnt think it is.") it would not be deemed off topic. I thought i would point out the error to someone.

As you said, forums are meant for fun and to chat, nott o be given an infraction or warning for every single post that is apparently off topic which it really doesnt make a difference to anyone anyway.

This is a good example right here, nobody was off topic, it was related to the topic, the moderator didnt have a clue what they were talking about, so she thought it was "pointless" and "Offtopic".

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthrea...=474909&page=2

lol, to be fair, you have to laugh at that even if you arent a moderator

May I ask, how do you know that there is no logical thinking? A post or indeed a thread is not pointless until proven so by many pointless posts following it.

good point. I personally see some very witty remarks which make me laugh and then i see that it was edited and seen as pointless even when they are only just remotely related to the topic that they have made.

in the 4chan thread, this post: http://www.habboxforum.com/showpost....15&postcount=6 is what i am talking about.


http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=476740
That thread was originally edited by professor-alex but then re edited and deleted because he got something wrong . im not saying hes a bad mod, i just thought i would point something out which made me laugh

[Mr.Sam]

Moderators editing posts for being offtopic is really annoying, if the posts relate to anywhere in the thread they are not off topic, as seen in this thread from like post 11 down.

4chan was talked about in the first post and they are simply replying to the thread.

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=474909

[The Professor]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=476740
That thread was originally edited by professor-alex but then re edited and deleted because he got something wrong . im not saying hes a bad mod, i just thought i would point something out which made me laugh

What? When? :eusa_whisI was trying to be pro-active but failed miserably It'd probably help if I owned a wii and knew how it worked

But that proves my point, we're only human

[kk.]

What? When? :eusa_whisI was trying to be pro-active but failed miserably It'd probably help if I owned a wii and knew how it worked

But that proves my point, we're only human

lol, thats alright, i just thought i would share with everyone in my laughter at when you realised you did something wrong

[Thetan]

Well, I think if you don't understand the subject, you do not have a right to label it "Offtopic" or "Pointless".

If you dont quite know whether they are offtopic or not, just leave it to another moderator who will know.

[samsaBEAR]

i must agree, i read through that topic, and all of the post apart from kyle's were on topic and not pointless.
it says in the rules that your post must be related to the thread, or a discussion within the thread. someone raised 4chan as a discussion that was related to the main thread, therefore all of them were on topic.

[Tristan]

Moderators editing posts for being offtopic is really annoying, if the posts relate to anywhere in the thread they are not off topic, as seen in this thread from like post 11 down.

4chan was talked about in the first post and they are simply replying to the thread.

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=474909

Yes, this is exactly what I mean.
They're fine because they're provoked by previous posts in the thread.

[today]

that thread about 4chan, every post edited nearly is wrongly edited.

[GommeInc]

To be honest, there is a rule that states you can post 'off topic' as long as it relates to a post in the thread. So just chuck that in the infraction thread, or at the moderator.