why I locked the Ward 6 "Ask Me Anything" post
Around 10 pm last night, I locked the Ward 6 Alderman Candidate "Ask Me Anything" post, disabling further comments while still leaving visible the existing comments. ("Locking" is a fairly new LJ feature, available only to the original poster and not to community moderators.)
Since this action violates our usual community rules, I'm posting this here to explain why I did it. When I set up the "Ask Me Anything" event, I told all the candidates that it would last until 9 pm. I felt it was important to respect that agreement, and not to have any candidate feel pressure to continue the conversation indefinitely "after hours".
Also, at 8:55 pm, we got a question from the notorious troll markk02474, an Arlington resident who has several times come close to being banned from Universal Hub. Fortunately, only one candidate responded to this, and did so in a calm and succinct manner.
Since this action violates our usual community rules, I'm posting this here to explain why I did it. When I set up the "Ask Me Anything" event, I told all the candidates that it would last until 9 pm. I felt it was important to respect that agreement, and not to have any candidate feel pressure to continue the conversation indefinitely "after hours".
Also, at 8:55 pm, we got a question from the notorious troll markk02474, an Arlington resident who has several times come close to being banned from Universal Hub. Fortunately, only one candidate responded to this, and did so in a calm and succinct manner.