20-02-2018, 22:01
My opening post wasn't meant as a "look at me" and it wasn't meant as a personal attack on Matt and I suppose with hindsight I could have worded it better. It was meant to be against censorship on the board and how in this instant it honestly really got my back up big style.
I have already said my post was definitely not litigatory in any way. I know my way around legal issues and am always very careful with my wording.
The issue was that it was censored because of a rumour on another Chesterfield Fans Forum, that CFC's IT consultants, were monitoring social media for posts about a director Ashley Carson and passing them onto him. That was a rumour - not proven fact. Even if it did turn out to be fact, there was nothing derogatory in my post. It did mention AC and that seems to be why part of it was deleted. Now, to delete something on the basis of a rumour is just plain wrong.
If Matt as a moderator had an issue with it IMO he should have PM'd me first and said something before it was deleted I could have made my feelings known before any action was taken. If we couldn't agree then I am sure another mod could mediate. That is how I would expect something like this to be dealt with and not bang its gone that's it and it cant be re-instated.
I understand that boards like this have to be moderated but there are rules for posting and if a post doesn't break those rules then there is no reason whatsoever for deleting it or part of it.
Maybe in future any contentious issues could be dealt with as I suggested above it would certainly save a lot of grief and bad feeling.
Matt I appreciate you thought you were doing the right thing and I applaud your honesty in admitting you got it wrong. As I said before it just got my back up at the time and am sure that safeguards can be put in place to prevent anything similar in the future.
Finally thank you all for your posts. Maybe in some eyes it was an over reaction but it didn't feel it at the time.
You've not lost a mate Dev and Blue - you still don't know what you are talking about.
I have already said my post was definitely not litigatory in any way. I know my way around legal issues and am always very careful with my wording.
The issue was that it was censored because of a rumour on another Chesterfield Fans Forum, that CFC's IT consultants, were monitoring social media for posts about a director Ashley Carson and passing them onto him. That was a rumour - not proven fact. Even if it did turn out to be fact, there was nothing derogatory in my post. It did mention AC and that seems to be why part of it was deleted. Now, to delete something on the basis of a rumour is just plain wrong.
If Matt as a moderator had an issue with it IMO he should have PM'd me first and said something before it was deleted I could have made my feelings known before any action was taken. If we couldn't agree then I am sure another mod could mediate. That is how I would expect something like this to be dealt with and not bang its gone that's it and it cant be re-instated.
I understand that boards like this have to be moderated but there are rules for posting and if a post doesn't break those rules then there is no reason whatsoever for deleting it or part of it.
Maybe in future any contentious issues could be dealt with as I suggested above it would certainly save a lot of grief and bad feeling.
Matt I appreciate you thought you were doing the right thing and I applaud your honesty in admitting you got it wrong. As I said before it just got my back up at the time and am sure that safeguards can be put in place to prevent anything similar in the future.
Finally thank you all for your posts. Maybe in some eyes it was an over reaction but it didn't feel it at the time.
You've not lost a mate Dev and Blue - you still don't know what you are talking about.
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