Back in days of yore...

[chaz_lehmann]

when I was a christianity moderator, there was a policy against locked posts in this community. I'm curious when and why that changed.

Just wondering. ;-)

me

Comments

[redstar826]

I've been in very communities that don't allow locked posts, and I know some communities the posts are locked by default to cut back on outside drama.

[lordhellebore]

If you were "just wondering" and not looking for some kind of discussion of this, wouldn't you simply have sent the question to one of the mods? ;)

[chaz_lehmann]

That would have been very rational and made a lot of common sense. But I'm on so many drugs right now for this bronchitis thing I've got that rational thought ain't happening today. Not to any significant degree anyway. ;-)

[redstar826]

hope you feel better soon. Half the people around me right now are dealing with some sort of wintertime icky illness.

[chaz_lehmann]

My parishoners have been dealing with it for months. I'm fortunate to have lasted this long. But I look forward to the day that I feel better without the benefit of 2 gazillion chemicals. ;-)

[amergina]

I don't know when it changed... it was in place when I was here.

I don't have a problem with it, though. Since you *have* to be a member to comment, it's not like it limits discussion. Anyone who is a member sees lock posts. It does keep more sensitive info out of the wide wide public and from webcrawlers.

Just my thoughts,

-Ann, a mod

[redstar826]

and since most posts here do seem to be unlocked, people who are considering joining the community can still read enough to get a feel for the place

[chaz_lehmann]

FWIW,

In topics like those discussed here, allowing the post to be out of the public eye promotes poor behavior.

That's why we had the policy we had when I was a mod.

[chaz_lehmann]

A right? Wow. ;-)

Where'd that come from?

[chaz_lehmann]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but with regard to the community you have no rights, and neither do I.

We have privileges given us by the maintainers of the community, but no rights.

[muffledlaugh]

meh....so what?

a policy on screening/deleting comments i get, but i guess i don't see the trouble allowing locked posts, considering most of the responses in this community come from members anyway...