Poster: Pecorus at 2006-06-20 08:20:04
Subject: The Ethics of Misrepresentation |
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I am slightly incensed by the mods new ability to edit posts. While I completely agree that they should work to streamline the forums and keep them relevant, the method of implementation smacks of Big Brother.
If Big Brother (or the mods in this case)decides to rewrite history, its going to happen and no record remains of what went before. A few people might remember what was there, but soon enough everyone begins to live with the new reality.
When you get right down to it, a post edited by a mod is not the original poster's product anymore but that of a mod since there is no way to know if the post was edited for vulgarity, grammar, off-topic comments, or something else.
I would prefer that mods just remove posts that need editing and posters learn some self control. If that is impossible (because thats asking countless 14 year olds and 14 year olds at heart to mature overnight), can we get some kind of flag on the post saying what it was edited for?
(I know there was a thread along this line already but it was kind of wandering the the heading was such bad grammar...)
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Poster: tseric at 2006-06-20 08:36:58
Subject: Re: The Ethics of Misrepresentation |
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Orwell is a friend of mine. I painted his portrait, once. That you would associate the national-socialist regime of '1984' to a copy edit function on a privately owned message board may not be totally inaccurate, but highly hyperbolic.
Seeing as how we (the CMs and Mods) have had to put up with opinions about us being crafted from little fact and hazy memory, I find it ironic that you mention rewriting history. The community does so freely and regularly to suit their arguments. Past talent reviews have been looked at by other classes with rose-colored lenses. I, personally, have had comments attributed to me that were either never said by me, specifically, or never said at all, generally. This sort of revisionist history does not hinge on a simple feature of the forums, but exists in the collective (and/or selective) perception and digestion of the world around it.
This tool is simply a tool to remove content which is not appropriate for the boards, without having to sacrifice all content. I can't tell you how many times I have wanted to respond to posts, but did not due to inappropriate subject lines or a poor(read:vulgar) word choice in the middle of a lengthy post.
Naturally, you fear, because you might not understand what is going on here. It's a tool which we will use with very specific and certain goals in mind. As we are in beta, we are seeing the limits of what is possible. This condition will not last long.
I personally plan on using this feature as little as possible in the future.
If you need me to elaborate more, I'll be more than happy. You may also refer to the sig.
"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." - Dwight David Eisenhower
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Poster: tseric at 2006-06-20 08:44:20
Subject: Re: The Ethics of Misrepresentation |
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Thanks for the reply Tseric. I'm still wondering if its possible to add a footnote for the general reason for editing a post?
It could easily be done in the post. Whether that becomes a standardized thing would depend on expediency or time available.
"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." - Dwight David Eisenhower
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Poster: tseric at 2006-06-20 10:51:22
Subject: Re: The Ethics of Misrepresentation |
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Tell me you are kidding? You painted Orwell?
Well, not from life, but from collected pictures. And Mark Twain, Aldous Huxley, Albert Camus...
Had a gallery showing with what I thought were important authors.
"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." - Dwight David Eisenhower
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Poster: tseric at 2006-06-20 11:00:59
Subject: Re: The Ethics of Misrepresentation |
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Tseric: My post was a bit "rough" as well. Thus, I'm taking the step of self-censorship and removing it. Nice reply, BTW.
/hug
"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." - Dwight David Eisenhower
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Poster: coreiel at 2006-06-20 11:14:04
Subject: Re: The Ethics of Misrepresentation |
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Woohoo! Power of the people in action!
Pecorus, when the forums go live I sincerely doubt you'll be seeing anything but the most professional of edits when dealing with player posts edited by "blues", as I evidenced a moment ago in that fellow's post. I wouldn't be worried. ;) We were just having a little fun yesterday, testing out the edit function.
And... calling Tseric emo. /grin
Gotta do the cooking by the book!
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Poster: coreiel at 2006-06-20 11:46:27
Subject: Re: The Ethics of Misrepresentation |
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Can you edit another blue's post?
Coreiel grins wickedly.
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