09-21-2017, 04:28 AM
(09-21-2017, 02:45 AM)Quixilated Wrote: The explanation is that Ella is the OP of the thread. As the OP, she isn't required to give a public reason for wanting her own thread closed or moved or even removed. When anyone else asks us to move their thread from forum to forum, we comply. Ella wanted her own thread to be moved to the sewer, so now it lives in the sewer. Ella wanted her own thread to be closed, so now it is closed. If you want to continue the original discussion, there has already been a new thread opened for that.
Ella takes on so much of the workload here that it is easy to forget she can also function as simply a poet or an op. If you wanted one of your threads to be moved to the sewer, I would move it there for you and you would not have to make a public service announcement as to why. If you notice in her original comment about the decision she said "at the OP's request." In this situation she wasn't moderating someone else's thread, she was simply having a preference about her own. No rights have been infringed upon (other than Ella's for being required to defend a decision she is allowed to make as the OP). Thank you for understanding.
Sure, Ella can do it, no question about that. I was complaining about her having done it.
And yes, she owes me no explanation, I was just personally asking for one.
As to practicality, there were other mods participating in the thread,
there was no need for Ella to put in any additional work.
As to rights being infringed, well yes there were.
Maybe not in a big way, but in a way I thought was important to object to.
1. A thread with an ongoing discussion about an important topic was closed abruptly.
2. It was moved from a public space to the "sewer".
Racism is an important topic to discuss, it shouldn't be suppressed because people feel uncomfortable.
Anyway... it happened, I got to note my objections, life goes on.
Back to writing poems about love-sick ducks,
Ray
P.S. Hugs, Ella. I may complain, but that doesn't mean I don't respect
how much work you put in here and don't have a secret crush on you.
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions