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Posted by tibouchina2 (U2865648) on Friday, 27th March 2009
I have just been reading the thread started by Ken, I can't understand how everyone knows what the thread was about if it has been modded? Is there someway of reading it?
Also, I will put my five-penneth in! Isn't it about time the Beeb treated us all as adults? Are we not allowed to have opinions?
Ssshhh it's a secret !!!! Or should I be honest and say that people read it (and started replying) before it was "modded" Nan x
Thank you Nan, I thought I was missing something!!
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Phyll - see my post on moderation muddles.
Nothing personal though
It's a pity the moderators don't listen when we alert them abouut the latest troll incarnation. Collectively, we're really quite good at spotting him. It's not as if the mods have to look for him themselves.
Funny isn't it. I felt offended and abused on three occasions ans hit the button in the last couple of years and ss told nothing had broken the rules. However, some people's posts seem to be moderated all the time when in my opinion nothing wrong has been said and the rules have not been broken. Trolls seem to get left for days on end and never moderarated!
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