We need more control of the threads we start

[black_tye_chi]

Mods, it's about time you gave thread starters PROPER control of their threads. that means I want to be able to delete posts with out warrant, and to ban individuals from posting in the threads, whether they know I did it or not.

You have a mixture of the wrong personality types in this community, and it would help make it less hectic, for lack of a better word. If I start a post about M.O.P., I don't want people posting in my thread who haven't even heard an M.O.P. song to begin with, because there opinion means nothing.

Maybe u guys are trying to uphold free speech or some sh!t, but you need to look at it from the bigger picture. what if this community wasn't online, what if it was a room where people gathered and actually talked to each other? half of these kids would get beaten the fvck up, and you'd be responsible for not regulating that. I mean, yeah it's on them for talking their sh!t, but the onus is on you to see the trouble their causing, pull the person aside and say, "hey! u need to stop that or i'm throwing u out!"

I mean, it's only a matter of time before someone finds out where someone else lives, and then they re-define e-thugging. Be proactive for once. please.

[7:30femmefatale]

if every poster had the ability to do whatever he wanted with his own threads, the entire dynamic of the forum would change for the WORSE. to say this functionality would be abused would be a gross understatement.

at any rate, i don't think this is even possible to do on our forums.

[black_tye_chi]

if every poster had the ability to do whatever he wanted with his own threads, the entire dynamic of the forum would change for the WORSE. to say this functionality would be abused would be a gross understatement.
at any rate, i don't think this is even possible to do on our forums.

You need to elaborate on how you came to this conclusion. how would it change for the worse? okay let's say you guys allow us to delete posts in threads we started, explain your theory on how it would make it worse?

and I'm a computer geek, so this, I don't think it's possible, when I KNOW u guys are leasing your code or u bought the template for this thread doesn't fly with me because I know better. U guys have just chosen to not activate the feature. don't insult my intelligence.

Let's here your big explanation about how if I start a thread about a topic and I delete posts that only serve to infuriate people actually trying to talk about the subject at hand can make it worse in the threads than it already is? that makes absolutely NO sense. I can admit, banning people from posting in the thread is a little much, but go through your archives and look at how many pages of posts in threads NOT RELATED to the topic is out there. if the average thread is 5 pages, more than 3 of those pages have NOTHING to do with the topic or are people who are just antagonizing others causing arguements. how is that good? I understand everyone has a right to their opinion, but what you guys don't realize is there are people who go through each and every thread and post whether the thread is something they are interested in or not. so why can't I, as the thread starter have the power to remove their negativity from my discussion?

[RettaS]

We can't even pretend that everyone would be fair if they had the ability to mod their own threads. People would delete posts just for the hell of it regardless if it was a valid deletion or not. Plus if people had control of their own threads there would be no need for mods. If the mods have no job how do we eat? You're putting another 20 people out of work for your own selfish reasoning.

[7:30femmefatale]

You need to elaborate on how you came to this conclusion.
no, i don't. and you're insulting your own intelligence by presuming that i would further qualify my response.

[black_tye_chi]

We can't even pretend that everyone would be fair if they had the ability to mod their own threads. People would delete posts just for the hell of it regardless if it was a valid deletion or not. Plus if people had control of their own threads there would be no need for mods. If the mods have no job how do we eat? You're putting another 20 people out of work for your own selfish reasoning.

but that's the point, u guys don't do ur job. I remember back a couple of years ago when there was the dipset invasion. first a tonne of dipset threads then they were spamming other people's threads. a lot of times people complain to u and get no response till HOURS later, by that time u've given up on your own threads. It seems like u pick and choose when to step in. There is often a big disconnect with posters wanting to comment on topics, for example about a particular artists' album, and they haven't even heard the album, and it just takes the thread into a whole different direction. Often these people are just crawling through every thread and posting ANYTHING and more often than not they are trying to just rile people up instead of having something constructive to say. I don't mind people stating their opinion, but there are more often than not people stating it in a way to instigate an argument for no more reason than to cause an argument.

Then u got whole threads started where posters are attacking each other PERSONALLY, for example when people were hating on badgyal. where were the mods when that was happening? There is no reason those threads should have gone past a page.

I liken these threads to back conversations you had in high school during lunch. Just talking about music. problem is, the way MOST of these posters act on here, if that was the situation they would've got they nose broke for the way they go around saying the sh!t they do. Like I said, nothing with having an opinion and not liking what I like, but I think you can do a better job of judging when they are disagreeing and when they are just being insulting, and I think you should step in more to moderate these discussions IF ur gonna claim that position.

Maybe you need to formulate a definitive code of conduct as far as what's NOT going to be tolerated with posts, even let us vote on each point and make it a zero tolerance policy that gets ur post banned. You can't have order in chaos. If everyone can do anything, it's just not gonna work.

I'm just saying. thanks for listening.