Question

Hey OpenStudy, why is saying "eharmony.com" a bad thing that gives mods the right to delete it.
I opened a chat and just said eharmony when someone was asking how they met? - I said it as a joke... I was not avertising in anyway or did not say it in an innapropriate way, but then a mod deleted it saying it was innapropriate but that is very objective as they just saw the website, not the context it was used in.

Answer 1

If you have any concerns email
abuse@openstudy.com

Answer 2

Yea but open study shouldn't be so confined anytime there is something too old for 6 year olds it should be reported

Answer 3

eharmony.com is a dating website and has nothing to do with OpenStudy which is an educational website.

Answer 4

abuse@openstudy.com

Answer 5

So you are saying that anything off context should be reported? In the chats 80% of the time people are not talking about studying? so should that also be reported?

Answer 6

Posting links to dating website is against the TaC

Answer 7

but it was not in blue It was not a link!

Answer 8

So mods, can delete chat posts too....

Answer 9

Yes they can ^^^

Answer 10

There are many things you don't know us mods can do :P

Answer 11

Look. I didn't even know that website existed but you mentioned it.

Answer 12

so lion, did the link you provided have a blue color?

Answer 13

So it is better for a mod to delete it.

Answer 14

\(\color{blue}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @waheguru
but it was not in blue It was not a link!
\(\color{blue}{\text{End of Quote}}\)
@GreenCat

Answer 15

I thought we talked about this?

Answer 16

well, that is why you should avoid things like that, especially without anything to prompt it. hope you learned a lesson.

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Yea but mods shouldn't have the power to delete posts without a valid argument, all i said was eharmony.com and look it will not be a link... its just a post and i said it as a joke, are jokes not allowed here?

Answer 18

bad jokes are not funny to all.

Answer 19

Not the bad jokes.

Answer 20

This is not a site made for 6 year old kids that cannot handle dating... lol

Answer 21

Any joke which is inappropriate or contains inappropriate contents are not allowed.

Answer 22

In what way is dating bad?

Answer 23

Dang, I keep on keeping things lowercase.

Answer 24

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Answer 25

One should not encourage online dating.

Answer 26

@waheguru
They just deleted it. The mod did not warn or suspend you. Chill out.

Answer 27

I had plenty of thing deleted by a mod.

Answer 28

yea but they have no right to delete what you have to say... that pretty makes the mods all powered

Answer 29

look the dude closed my question again!

Answer 30

It's just a deleted chat post. It won't harm anyone or your SS. Move along.

Answer 31

And also this:


In addition, you agree not to use the Service or the Site to:

upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

Answer 32

was this whole question spam... why was this deleted

Answer 33

/closed

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dating is none of those : upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

Answer 35

I believe it was closed so it would not get too much attnetion.

Answer 36

it is unnecessary. Therefore it should be closed

Answer 37

The moderators should be treated with respect, even if you disagree with them, just as with every other user on this site. Complaints about the moderators should go directly to the admins, via the abuse or contact emails. That is all.

abuse@openstudy.com
contact@openstudy.com

Answer 38

attention*

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@Preetha

Answer 40

you'll get the same answer

Answer 41

Great. Now you got one more person against you.

Answer 42

I don't think Preetha ever wanted this to be a dating site.

Answer 43

I don't care if she did or doesnt, but it should not have been deleted!

Answer 44

From the CoC:

Finally, if you do make a mistake, please be respectful to the moderators.
Moderators are the users whose names are in purple. If you go outside the code of conduct, one of them will likely contact you. If they do, listen to what they have to say and be polite.

Answer 45

Yea, but the mods need to be respectable too

Answer 46

He said nothing wrong to you he was respectful

Answer 47

So now you want us all to cry over a deleted post. Was the post that special that another post was made to honor it.

Answer 48

Do you really think that you are a waheguru? You are not. So you might not be treated like one at times like this.

Answer 49

@waheguru Just by getting a small chat message deleted there is no harm! No one is dying. Eventually the chats will get filled up and no one will even notice. And how are you sure it was deleted?

Answer 50

@GreenCat what? that makes no sense

Answer 51

You could have worded that better. @GreenCat

Answer 52

@waheguru
He meant that you should not expect to be treated the best.

Answer 53

@TheSmartOne broo, there is alot thats happening by a small deleted post. is there no freedom of speech on thsi website

Answer 54

Chat messages are always messing up. Due to timezone issues and all. Sometimes it gets sorted wrong and all your messages are appearing a little higher and no one see it. THe chat glitches all the time!

Answer 55

This is a waste of time

Answer 56

Yes, sometimes if you refresh, your chat message will be jumbled up, and you might not ginf it

Answer 57

Freedom of Speech? Let me get something on that too

Answer 58

find it*

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http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/freedom-of-expression/freedom-of-expression-on-the-internet/

Answer 60

dont delete that link now... lol

Answer 61

Tag a mod to delete that link! >:D

Answer 62

see, mods can esentially be bullies that can delete what they want

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@waheguru
Freedom of Speech? So now its all right for people to cuss here because they have a right to. Guess what? They accepted the OS CoC and TaC before they joined. Consider your rights limited.

Answer 64

Why can't you understand a simple thing?

This is a website (a private property) and when you start using it you agree to abide by the rules framed by its owners. Yes you don't have a freedom of speech on here. You need to be under the rules described in Tac/CoC

Answer 65

and you have to read this book: Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age

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http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=861744

Answer 67

TaC says
"All educational content on the Site, including but not limited to Blogs, Textual Annotations, postings on StudyPads,
Questions and Answers and status posts, and other User Content legally posted on the Site is available based on the
terms and conditions of the Company's Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Copyright."

Compassionate:
Creative Commons says that when you post something to OpenStudy, then OpenStudy is free to edit, remove, transform or redistribute that to any medium or format. Note; the word here is "legal."

Answer 68

But as I said just email abuse@openstudy.com

Answer 69

Summary of everything we said: You must abide with the rules you agreed to when you sign up on OS.

Answer 70

"We get nowhere even when we try beacuse we are going in the wrong direction." ~Confluxepic

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Let's conclude this discussion by a quick summary,

Don't post links to dating site/external chat links or any other external link/content which is non-educational or inappropriate.

Answer 72

a dating site is educational

I can prove it

Answer 73

When I say inappropriate i mean inappropriate for OpenStudy

Answer 74

OpenStudy means you are open to study what ever you want...

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not confined within 4 walls

Answer 76

No, OpenStudy means openStudy.com the website.

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No

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Did you make the website

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and it is confined within walls of coc and tac

Answer 80

people like you are the reason edward snoden is hiding

Answer 81

dont tell me you dont know who he is> @Abhisar

Answer 82

Relax people, drink tea and think positive, I was just kidding. This is part of an online social experiment

Answer 83

Well there goes my epic speech

Answer 84

I have to go in public and start an argument with random people, its a social experiment... I was testing it out on open study

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:P

Answer 86

Huh, interesting

Answer 87

When I am studying something I take it to the next level, its to understand arguing and stuff... its hard to explain but its going to be cool

Answer 88

Yeah seems interesting

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Anyways, bye! :) Have a good day

Answer 90

Sorry for the inconvenience guys

Answer 91

Happy New Year !

Answer 92

You too

Answer 93

how do u become a mod lol?

Answer 94

Got me headache for no absolute reason.

Answer 95

lol. All that for nothing. lol

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\(\color{blue}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @waheguru
people like you are the reason edward snoden is hiding
\(\color{blue}{\text{End of Quote}}\)
Lets spell hi name correct shall we? Snowden :P