Increasingly low thead mortality rate around here..

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So, I have been here for, oh, two weeks. Since then, at least 5 threads have been closed. Compared to every other forum I have been on, this particular area seems to have a low survival rate for political threads. Political threads by nature are volitile. However, it seems that mods are closing threads because they have "no point"? Wow.

So I am wondering, who do I have to send a check to, so as to ensure thread survival? :cool:

(Why is this thread here? So that a few might have a chance to comment before it is closed.)
 
Your suggestion about money is somewhat tacky.

Rich seems to be by far the most active moderator in this forum, so I suspect your comments are directed at his actions. While I might not always agree with him, he is obviously a man who believes in order and decorum. If you don't like his decisions, you might take it up with him or maybe you need to post on the Suggestions and Questions Forum.
 
Sometimes it doesn't work this way, but often, once things get ugly in an exchange, that just becomes an endless and pointless cycle anyway.
 
I too have been puzzled by some of the moderator’s decisions on the threads but wrote it off as "it’s their thread" but in some cases it seems fear of controversy has driven the decisions not any lack of civility or bad comments. Just my .02.
 
 
I think alot of it has to do with the fact that this is a FIREARMS forum.

L&P topics are supposed to be geared towards firearms and such.

Just IMO, of course.
 
Several of the threads are off topic, including this one. It is a legal and political section, but should most likely be related to firearms. So if there's any reason these are being closed, it's most likely due to OT.
 
I doubt this thread will last much longer, either.

Most of those threads are going to go in no direction but mindless bickering. Hang out around these forums log enough, and you will realize it.
 
Image.

The firearms community as a whole has, in recent years, decided that to ensure the survival of our firearms rights, we must look and act like professionals.
This site, The High Road, and many others are open to anyone with a computer.
All it takes is for one anti to see us quibbling like children, throwing rocks and calling names at one another, to deal a serious blow to the professional image we NEED to maintain.
Yes, Rich is, compared to many places, an extremely active moderator, and it is usually him closing the threads. By contrast, it seems like THR will allow just about anything these days.
Rich's vigilance, as well as his recent language crusade (which I am fairly happy about), are both carried out with what I am sure are the best intentions of keeping this board civil and professional.

Once people lose the ability to argue a point in a decent manner, it is time for the debate to end.

Or it could just be that he does whatever he wants since he pays for the bandwidth ;)
 
I have emailed Rich in the past for thread closures, you should as well, this type of question is best dealt via pm/email. But remember, This is Rich's sandbox, his bandwidth, its his rules, we are all just guests here. We all need to remember that and act responsible.
 
9 out of 11

Of your 11 listed posts, 9 were closed by Rich.

However, it seems that mods are closing threads because they have "no point"? Wow.
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Rich and Marko are both usually pretty good about putting a reason in the closing reply.
Many have been off topic. Usually anything racial, religious, or off the wall tends to go quick.
That is just their way of ensuring that TFL continues to be what it is. A place for rational, good natured discussion of firearms and firearms related issues.
 
If you agree that "no point" and "had a hangover" were valid reasons, than there is no discussion.

And yes, I posted this here because I felt that it be important the group discuss why things are being closed. Hence, the group can then learn what will be allowed and why.

As for, "at eachothers throats", it is called discussion. I doubt the media is going to headline the news with "gun lovers on discussion boards disagree". Is it no plainly obvious that we disagree? If we totally agreed, would we not have a better sense of what "gun rights" were?

And if this thread/forum is supposed to be completely gun related, than fine. But that is quite a narrow view, don't you think?
 
Ptown-
I'll assume you meant "increasingly high mortality rate" but were just gushing so to share your observations that you didn't pay much attention to the logic of your title in context of your post. ;)

And yes, I posted this here because I felt that it be important the group discuss why things are being closed. Hence, the group can then learn what will be allowed and why.
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Actually, you're quite wrong. It's not at all important that "the group" discuss "these things". See, no where in the agreement you signed did it say anything about "moderated by popular vote". It's only important that "the group" understand 4 simple rules and one general philosophy. Everyone else in this thread seems to have no problem and many are here for more than two whole weeks. (To the rest of you, your support is truly appreciated, especially in cases where you don't always agree with an individual action.)

So, while I can't give you an exhaustive list of what types of things I'll close, I'll just wing it:
- Off topic discussion
- Already ongoing in another thread discussions
- Abortion debates
- Religious debates
- Discussions with excessive foul language
- Race baiting
- Already been done to the point we wish to vomit discussions
- Discussions which are not discussions, but self serving proselytizing by the originator
- Discussions and debates which sink to a double digit IQ level, as measured by my super secret internal IQ meter
- Conservative baiting debates
- Liberal baiting debates
- LEO bashing discussions
- LEO chest thumping discussions
- Beating MY fellow citizens when they're down discussions

That's as many as I can say in one breath. If I come up with any more, I'll be sure to run them by you for input.

Oh, there is one more:
Self serving public discussions with Staff that could easily be handled by email. :rolleyes:

Rich
 
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