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Originally Posted by anonymouswhitefemale
Because complaining about the way an internet site is run is whining. Essentially, there are always going to be differences in opinion upon how people think things should be run. To go against the grain is simply a waste of time. Just make a new thread.
Personally, I would have just locked the thread, and still left it there for people to read. But the whole thing was just going in circles, repetition after repetition. It was boring. I'd rather not have it constantly floating around the top of the board, with no actual discussion just another post saying "hi I just signed up to say that we peg, and we like it!".
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In this case it seems that the actions of the moderators is contrary to their stated aims. Although the guidelines are far from clear (I have called for some clarification) it would seem that they are urging posters to provide relevant, insightful and cogent posts. I can think of no more effective way of discouraging this than by the wholesale deleting of posts. This suggests that all posts are treated as having only transient value - hardly worth the trouble of proper consideration and drafting.
What is so terrible about a thread you know you are not interested in receiving occasional posts? You are not obliged to read them and the worst it can do is drop the threads you are interested in one line further down the page once in a while. If indeed these posts are considered by the moderators to add nothing to the thread then perhaps they should be removed. However, this should be done on a post-by-post basis.
I think Phoebee and I have demonstrated here the legitimacy of the pegging topic within a Health related forum - and that is before we have even touched on the question of enlarged prostate problems. If, because of the way pornographers choose to portray this activity, it attracts some undesirable posts then again these should be dealt with on a post-by-post, poster-by-poster basis. I have not personally seen significant numbers of posts that I would find offensive. I also think there is a value to the one-off posts from people who just want to say they have/haven't tried/enjoyed a given activity - it provides at least a little statistical information if nothing else.
My feeling is that the moderators have allowed themselves to become somewhat influenced as regards pegging by the pornographer's outpourings and see this topic as a pornographic one and hence unsuitable for this forum. I think this is misguided. There are people who are trying to counter the effect of the pornography - there is a 'tribe' on the net dedicated to showing that pegging is not essentially linked to extreme BDSM etc. Responsible postings on this forum would aid that effort.