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Chief

climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
Oct 30, 2014 - 10:27pm PT
I like Clint's contributions, this one included and am often left wondering why CMac and his pals run this rig.
Charity?
Profit?
An attempt at free speech?
Masochistic delight?

Wouldn't be surprised if ST just disappeared.
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Oct 30, 2014 - 10:37pm PT

Maybe you are pissed that your friend got booted, but don't make it any worse for the rest of us that still want to hang out here.
Over the years we've seen alot of great voices silenced just because somebody complained to admin.
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 30, 2014 - 11:14pm PT
DMT,
I never said a word about deleting your posts, only mine. I said nothing at all about deleting quoted text.
You didn't explicitly say "quoted text".
But you did not say "nothing at all about ... quoted text."

You want the ability to delete your "material".
Your material really consists of the text (and photos, videos) you have written and posted.
This material exists not just in your own posts, but also quoted/reposted by others.
But I agree with your view that the volume of such quoted material is trivial; not worth caring about.

If that option to "expunge self by request" is important to you, that's your choice of course.
I don't think that option should exist, because it can destroy thread context, and it is a relatively recently implemented tool which most of
us did not expect to see used.

Decisions to post (or not) are based on expectations of who might see the post and how they might benefit.
I believe context permanence is fundamental to a discussion forum.
You seem more interested in your own material somehow independent of context?

P.S. I don't just think about your old 120 "Bridge Pass!" post here,
I'm usually doing that bridge pass (westbound at night)!
(I witnessed the bridge pass years before you posted,
but it's a very worthy post in my view).
Chief

climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
Oct 30, 2014 - 11:19pm PT
There are valid reasons for not deleting some threads.
On the other hand, if an attempt at civil discourse gets dragged into the mud, I'll ditch it in a heartbeat.
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 30, 2014 - 11:24pm PT
Yeah, I have seen the "single thread delete from index" option is used by some people
because there are no regular moderators to "lock" a thread if it gets abusive.
My own preference is to not care if it gets abusive.
But I know it bothers some people, like Tom Evans.
So he posts on his own site which he can moderate.
graniteclimber

Trad climber
The Illuminati -- S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Division
Oct 31, 2014 - 12:07am PT
You're giving it up though, Dingus, legs in the air.


*Not sayin' yer sh#t ain't great

Best post today!
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Oct 31, 2014 - 02:46am PT

Brand DMT.
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Oct 31, 2014 - 04:44am PT
ahem ... so, to trim or not to trim the topiary, that is the question?
nah000

climber
canuckistan
Oct 31, 2014 - 05:47am PT
i smell a real opportunity for cmac...

rather than having to run around reading people's 14 page emails about all of the ways their butt was hurt and now they are leaving and want him to take his time to delete all of their posts, he should have a feedback form linked to paypal that says something like:

"To have all of your posts removed please send $1 per post to chris@supertopo.com via paypal. Upon payment all posts will be removed within 24 hours."

then when that takes off it's time to really profit:

"To have temporary access to edit your old drunken posts send $5 per post to chris@supertopo.com via paypal. Upon payment you will have 24 hours of access to bowdlerize your regretted contributions."

hahaha.




Chief:

the existing and potential advertising value of this forum, to the retail publishing arm of supertopo, is almost unquantifiable.

that said, due to the redheaded-step-child way this forum appears to be cared for sometimes, there has to be a large component of "d. masochistic delight" in there as well... hahaha.

i mean, who wouldn't want to receive daily emails about how "hotclimber21 is calling me names and jennie420 is posting more than i'd like. i need you to ban them!"

or the one i'm guilty of: emails with the subject line "Changes you need to make to SuperTopo"

hahaha.
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Oct 31, 2014 - 08:15am PT

uh
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Oct 31, 2014 - 09:38am PT
Who cares? None of this is worth much of anything that is why I post it on the internet for free.

I had tens of thousands of pictures sitting around waiting for my computer to blow up when they would be lost so I use ST, facebook, ect as a giant flash drive. They organize it into categories for me and make it easy to write a story occasionally. Met some great people through here and replaced some of my tv watching time and desk boredom with something on a topic I love.

It seems to me if you are using it for much more than that you might want to look elsewhere.
Braunini

Big Wall climber
cupertino
Oct 31, 2014 - 09:49am PT
you mean a check

mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Oct 31, 2014 - 10:08am PT
Because you are taking it way too seriously if that is the case.
Braunini

Big Wall climber
cupertino
Oct 31, 2014 - 10:14am PT
Because you are taking it way too seriously if that is the case.

i do not think you take this place nearly seriously enough

i mean, do you even know how much copyrighted sh#t is on here

i didn't think so
Mark Force

Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
Oct 31, 2014 - 04:00pm PT
Leave ST weird.
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 31, 2014 - 08:28pm PT
DMT,

Thanks for explaining.
After rereading your posts, I had misunderstood a bit.
You appreciate having the "[]Delete this post" box for the first post in a thread,
which does not disappear after 10 days, and does not require a request to management.
And you are OK with the thread staying in the index and not being locked if this first post is deleted, which agrees with most of my concerns.

I had thought you were talking about the more extreme "expunge option", i.e. asking management to delete all your posts from all threads.
This would have a bigger effect on discussion context.
Deleting a first post without removing the thread from the index
does not affect context as much, since it isn't in the "middle".
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
Oct 31, 2014 - 11:10pm PT
Leave ST weird.

^^^^^^^^^^^
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Nov 1, 2014 - 08:30am PT

Do nothing. Everything is fine.
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Nov 1, 2014 - 10:48am PT
Word whores.
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Mar 10, 2015 - 08:55pm PT
A button to click that sends you to a random page other than page one.
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