So often deleting an offensive comment does nothing to aid the person being attacked, and leaves great holes in the narrative of the thread.
I am suggesting leaving all posts that MNHQ would normally have deleted, but highlighting them in a special colour.
This would signal that MNHQ do not consider the post within the guidelines, with making some threads like confetti.
I do think people should stand by their posts, and deleting them allows people to be quite vile, without any real consequences.
I say this as someone who has been deleted many many times. I think if I knew what I was saying couldn't be pulled at all, it might well serve as break, or at least prompt an apology once I had cooled down and realised I was a twit.
Its not quite naming and shaming, but is showing an MNHQ decision most people will understand on reading those posts.
It might well prompt more self regulation.
As it stands, anything vile gets deleted, and the poster can continue being horrible without anyone really knowing why they were deleted (if they come to a thread after a deletion.
So, what do people think of this as an idea?
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Replacing Thread Deletions with simply highlighting the post.
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