Question

If I told you that if the devs needed to do one simple thing, and the moderators would have a much easier time moderating, would you believe me? :)

Answer 1

You better ;p

Answer 2

The suggesstion is to remove the 'Delete' feature :D

From both posts, and the chats.

Answer 3

Of course, only moderators will be able to delete :D

Answer 4

It would be really annoying not being able to delete chat messages and posts comments....
1) On posts say you were explaining something to someone and you made a mistake with your calculations....and you wanted to delete the comment so you can put up a better comment without confusing the asker but there was no delete feature?
2) What if you accidently copy and pasted the wrong link to something in chat and wanted to delete it and put up a proper link so people can come to see your question?
3) How would this feature benefits the COMMUNITY of OS and not just the mods?

Answer 5

People would just need to make more posts, and explicitly correct themselves.

But the PROS outwiegh the CONS :D

You see, if users aren't allowed to delete, moderators can get the whole picture without have to scrummage through logs to see what was deleted. Same with the chat.

:D

Answer 6

Ok but how will this benefit the COMMUNITY? Do you think not being able to delete anything will make the community happy? You need to keep in mind we are human and we make mistakes, lots of them.

Answer 7

They can still delete messages recieved ;p

Answer 8

But you see, when people report, they want justice. But if moderators don't know what happened, they cannot serve justice.

xD

Answer 9

But is that the only thing? Most of the mistakes are made in public.. Like on posts and in the chats.They can serve justice by looking at the mod log. Mods can see deleted chat messages they can see comments from posts that are being deleted.

Answer 10

.-.

Answer 11

Our priority is the community....if there is no community how will there me mods? If theres no mods how will there be admins? If theres no admins who will run the site? Get where i'm going? Point is if users cant be able to delete the chat/posts comments they won't like how things are and might leave.

Answer 12

Pooja, is very right. 6 Times out of 10 I will delete the post I made, as either I did not explain something well enough or I did it wrong :P.

On the other hand, it is very annoying to search through the logs, but that is apart of being a mod.

You are weighing out five minutes or the grades of those who do not await confirmation.

Answer 13

What we could do, is add "Mod View" ™ Where, moderators can see all the deleted posts if the mods activate it! Or deleted posts are always visible to the mods.

Answer 14

I just deleted two variants of the posts I just made, to rephrase them. :3

Answer 15

I can't believe this.

Answer 16

i don't see any pros.

Answer 17

The mods saving... about five minutes.

Answer 18

That is the only pro I see and that is a pathetic excuse for a pro.

Answer 19

Then they should work on mod tools.

Answer 20

All the devs need to do is add Mod View ™, and the problem TSO proposed will... vanish! Whilst also keeping the community happy.

Answer 21

*keeping the community happy* how ??

Answer 22

Scroll up; read.

Answer 23

It would be annoying

Answer 24

;-;

Answer 25

Dont cry baby tso :)

Answer 26

annoying

Answer 27

The devs need to do one simple thing and the entire site would be better: Let me fix the site :P

Answer 28

Tso, mods. are capable of seeing the messages that people delete.

Besides, it is the very act of deleting posts that gives moderators a large portion of power. They have the ability to eradicate posts filled with disrespect and negligence of the rules, which is a form of discipline in itself.

And Jay, if you "fix" the site, I trust that it would be lightning fast and super efficient...but we would probably have to put a seizure warning on the site. :P

Answer 29

@Jamierox4ev3r
I said that normal users can't delete, but mods can :P

Answer 30

"And Jay, if you "fix" the site, I trust that it would be lightning fast and super efficient...but we would probably have to put a seizure warning on the site. :P"

Nahhhhhh i wouldn't do that... I would certainly put a code for it though! LMBO

Answer 31

and tso no you didnt, you just implyed it @TheSmartOne

Answer 32

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @jaynator4954
and tso no you didnt, you just implyed it @TheSmartOne
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^ He did say that mods would still have the ability to remove posts,
*Implied (Sorry, had to.)

Answer 33

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @TheSmartOne
Of course, only moderators will be able to delete
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Answer 34

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @TheSmartOne
Of course, only moderators will be able to delete :D
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I already said it before