Inner power and superhuman abilities

The general rule is profiles don't get deleted.

Why should MAP have a series of gaps in threads, or entire threads disappear because someone doesn't like the replies they get, or because they said something foolish?

Although MAP is free to join it isn't just a handy place where people can choose their own rules.

It takes a lot of time and money behind the scenes to keep this place running.

For example we are a registered business and our tax returns are due.

We need to sort out the Paypal account and update the supporting membership and make sure the money received goes into the new bank account Mitch and I set up.

Saz is currently working on a mock up of the site with some add ons. We'll then be able to decide which add ons are the most beneficial before importing them onto this site.

Saz like the rest of the MOD team is doing this in her own time.

We currently have 11 discussion ongoing in the MOD Forum and they'll not be closed until we are happy as a group with our decisions.

The MAP Meet next year is still being worked on and I need to create a design for the t-shirts, take it to the printers (2 hour drive each way), get costs and so on.

Charities need to be contacted for promotional purposes.

And it goes on.

So no, you can't decide to delete your profile because you are upset and not being believed.

All that said each request is dealt with by the MOD team and each reason taken into consideration.

When Koyo and Moi passed away we were in contact with their families and let them chose how they wanted things handled.

 

I am going to add a little to what Simon said.

99% of the time, people want their profile and/ or posts deleted because they don't get the response they want. So they want to pick up their toys and go home. Like Simon said, why should the flow of MAP discussions get disrupted? And when (not calling anyone out- just generally speaking) some person is promoting their fraudulent MA, and gets their art/ product shown as the fraud it is, why should we not let that be there as a warning for future people to see? If your art can't stand up to scrutiny and questions, don't post promoting it. And, again, you don't get to just delete it/ yourself when it doesn't go your way.

The nature of the Internet is that it is forever. That is the way it is. It amazes me that anyone doesn't know this when they post anywhere. I certainly think of that whenever I hit the send button anywhere on the Internet. Everyone should have that in mind posting anywhere. Think before hitting the post reply/ send button. Think before joining any forum or group. It's that easy.

That said, there are special circumstances where exceptions can be made on rare occasion. That is why we have a team to look over things. People may or may not remember we deleted some posts because the parent referenced their child's experiences in them. The parent thought better of it and the mod team decided that information about a child's experiences should be deleted to protect the child. It wasn't a deletion of an account, but it was a deletion of posts . But we would have done whatever we needed to to protect the child's information being out there. This was all referenced publicly on here before, and the message about the deletion is still on here, so that is why I feel I can mention it. (Anyone who remembers, lets not get into specifics though ok?)

I will also share that I once made a stupid post where I didn't realize what I said revealed my real name easily. Several fellow MAPpers pointed it out to me via PM. I asked the MOD team to let me delete the personally revealing information and they decided to let me. They understood I made a dumb error and let me fix it.

And these are perfect examples of when we do have a compelling reason to make an exception. But it needs to be a compelling reason like that for us to interrupt the flow of a discussion on MAP.

 

I think you being open and honest on MAP has led to nothing but friendships and respect. At the very least least I sincerely hope it has caused you no problems.

 

Very much this.

I am a vociferous proponent of the policy of not deleting user's posts. I may be wrong and am happy to have that discussion, perhaps better done in another thread, but my basic premise is that a discussion board made of user content has to view that content as sacrosanct. There are boards where content is deleted all the time because the mods don't like it. But in that situation a board really becomes the circle jerk that some people who dislike MAP or other boards accuse them of being.

We don't do that.

In some ways I would like everyone to see the steps the Mod team goes through regarding every issue. Rest assured, we take it as seriously and with as much consideration as we can. Honestly, it would be much easier if we pulled the trigger earlier on some posters, or were less caring of user content. Policing a place when you control its history is much easier.

But that's not what we're trying to be here, we're trying to be a place where everyone gets a fair go, can make their case, only gets banned for truly stupid behaviour, and has to stand by what they say. That last bit is really important.

We've made some mistakes, some which I would undo in a heartbeat if this site was my plaything, some of which happened because as a mod team of part-timers all over the world it takes us time to respond to major issues .

But we've made those mistakes for the right reasons, even if the result wasn't what I wanted. Ask any Mod and I would hope they would tell you the same.

 

Mod note: Ok, that is two times people have resorted to personal attacks in this thread now. Personal attacks are NOT allowed. Make your points by sticking to the topic, not getting personal with name calling and other personal slights. Future attacks may very well result in bans being issued. I think we all would prefer it not get to that point.
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