Too much censorship on the forums?

[CoffeeCup]

I was trying to create a thread about abused Russian children in the US and I got banned for a week by our fellow moderator for that and my thread was deleted. But after thinking about it I would agree: let's delete such threads. But let's not create double standards and provoke favoritism: all such threads must be deleted. And people would not insult each other.

I think Lampada does a great job. If she did not moderate, these discussions would quickly turn into a litany of name calling and childish nonsense.

Moderating personal insults is a great job. But at the same time moderating opposite opinions is a crime to the forum users and the forum creators. This type of moderation already caused exodus of great bunch of Russian forum users. Let's just see at the threads list: few years ago we discussed musics, books, movies, cultural habits and events in different countries. How many of such threads are active these days? As for politics, there were a lot of CONSTRUCTIVE politic discussions either until the politic moderation became heavy and one sided. The case with deleting thread which addressed the problems of adopted kids in US was not a single issue. At the same time the thread about child adoption in US was closed for other users posting while the moderator kept posting in this thread the photos of happy children to assure the entire world that there were no any slightest problems in US. Having such moderation it is not surprised that Russians became "too sensitive" to discuss "some complex" issues in Russia. It is hard to be "cold blooded" if in reality you can't discuss it at all but the only thing you can do is to follow the moderator's opinion in silence.

And for personal insults moderation, we remember how оля exited the forum.

[Lampada]

Moderating personal insults is a great job. But at the same time moderating opposite opinions is a crime to the forum users and the forum creators. This type of moderation already caused exodus of great bunch of Russian forum users. Let's just see at the threads list: few years ago we discussed musics, books, movies, cultural habits and events in different countries. How many of such threads are active these days? As for politics, there were a lot of CONSTRUCTIVE politic discussions either until the politic moderation became heavy and one sided. The case with deleting thread which addressed the problems of adopted kids in US was not a single issue. At the same time the thread about child adoption in US was closed for other users posting while the moderator kept posting in this thread the photos of happy children to assure the entire world that there were no any slightest problems in US. Having such moderation it is not surprised that Russians became "too sensitive" to discuss "some complex" issues in Russia. It is hard to be "cold blooded" if in reality you can't discuss it at all but the only thing you can do is to follow the moderator's opinion in silence.

And for personal insults moderation, we remember how оля exited the forum.

You have been building a case against me, haven't you?
It is upsetting... somewhat.
Формально - нормально, но в сущности не совсем справедливо, и некрасиво бить по больному месту (Оля).
Я стараюсь делать, что лучше для форума и форумчан. Очевидно иногда что-то непреднамеренно перекашивается. Критику в свой адрес я никогда не удаляю, - и вообще всегда считала и считаю, что этот форум самомодерируемый.
Алекс, кстати, без разговоров удалял все перебранки, не допускал негативные переходы на личность.

[Юрка]

few years ago we discussed musics, books, movies, cultural habits and events in different countries. How many of such threads are active these days? As for politics

Форуму объективно нужны русскоязычные помощники, которые из идеалистических соображений хотят помогать иностранцам в изучении языка. Но у идеалистов есть одно "нехорошее" качество: они не стерпят плевки в свой адрес и в адрес своей страны. В связи с этим предлагаю:
1. Закрыть раздел "Политика".
2. Тему про геев перенести в раздел Политика.
3. Публиковать в отдельной "пришпиленной" теме информацию о том, кто забанен, на сколько, за что. В этой же теме можно будет писать "последнее прости" в случае добровольного ухода с форума.

Кто за, прошу поднять хвостики.