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They were reported and popped up on my moderation log.
I chose to leave the comments in place and instead reply to them rather than removing them simply because removing them wouldn’t allow people to see the misinformation and a reasoned response to that misinformation.
It’s clear the poster had no first hand knowledge of the book in question or the intent of placing it in schools (or not placing it in schools as was the case here).
In any regard, they chose to go through and delete all their comments. This was a decision made by the original author and not the moderators.
Bummer that it removes all the responses when they delete the top level comment. This person was a bigot and the comments did a good job rebutting their right wing propaganda.
Aww, you’re just saying that because you didn’t have to do it. LOL! ;)
Seriously, I banned someone in another group I moderate and they turned into a full bore stalker, multiple accounts, ban evasion, etc. etc. I had to get the site admins involved and everything.
It’s kind of refreshing when someone sees the arguments and the downvotes and goes off to re-think their life choices.
So a quick note on the controversial comments:
They were reported and popped up on my moderation log.
I chose to leave the comments in place and instead reply to them rather than removing them simply because removing them wouldn’t allow people to see the misinformation and a reasoned response to that misinformation.
It’s clear the poster had no first hand knowledge of the book in question or the intent of placing it in schools (or not placing it in schools as was the case here).
In any regard, they chose to go through and delete all their comments. This was a decision made by the original author and not the moderators.
Bummer that it removes all the responses when they delete the top level comment. This person was a bigot and the comments did a good job rebutting their right wing propaganda.
Exactly why I didn’t remove them. :(
Hey, this is good moderating.
Aww, you’re just saying that because you didn’t have to do it. LOL! ;)
Seriously, I banned someone in another group I moderate and they turned into a full bore stalker, multiple accounts, ban evasion, etc. etc. I had to get the site admins involved and everything.
It’s kind of refreshing when someone sees the arguments and the downvotes and goes off to re-think their life choices.
I like your optimism assuming that’s what happened.
Took me several removals to figure out I was removing a whole tree of comments. Always been a slow learner.
Well, their account is still there, their comments in the modlog show “deleted by user”, and they aren’t banned or anything… sooo…