vb.org Archive - View Single Post - General forum moderation topic-Members deleting thier posts- Can/should we stop them?

amykhar · #4 11-28-2005, 04:58 PM

I would be cautious. A few years back, some people got miffed at a product review site and started pulling their reviews. The site reacted by locking down reviews so they could not be edited or deleted. The membership freaked and started writing really obscene product reviews bashing the company and posting them on the company's site. Even people who weren't affected by the change got angry and joined in the protest.

Eventually, the site backed down and gave us control over our content. They also worked out the original problems and people did not take their stuff away in droves.

For this reason, I don't stop my members from deleting their own posts. It just tends to tick them off more.

Amy

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