Confession about osu:
One of the most questionable things I find about a mods power is for them to edit posts without notice before or after the event. This happened to me once a few months ago. There was some flamewar going on in a topic and I wanted to condone someone for their action. I made a post, but I also decided to contribute to the original topic as well. A mod came and deleted any proof of it happening. I checked back a day later to see how the thread was going and 1/2 my post was gone. Now I thought this would be accompanied with a small notice at the bottom of my post explain the edit but there was nothing. Heck, there wasn't even a notification about an edit at all, it's as if I never posted it in the first place. I was shock and ever so slightly disturbed. I asked a few friends who are mods whether the mods had the power to erase without notice and they said yes.
I fully understand why they did so and why they have the power but it still irks me. This could have been going on for years with my posts and I could have never noticed it. It's a certain type of censorship that I'm not sure I'm on board with. I understand the lack of some transparency in order to police these type of forums but this certain power worries me like no other.
One of the most questionable things I find about a mods power is for them to edit posts without notice before or after the event. This happened to me once a few months ago. There was some flamewar going on in a topic and I wanted to condone someone for their action. I made a post, but I also decided to contribute to the original topic as well. A mod came and deleted any proof of it happening. I checked back a day later to see how the thread was going and 1/2 my post was gone. Now I thought this would be accompanied with a small notice at the bottom of my post explain the edit but there was nothing. Heck, there wasn't even a notification about an edit at all, it's as if I never posted it in the first place. I was shock and ever so slightly disturbed. I asked a few friends who are mods whether the mods had the power to erase without notice and they said yes.
I fully understand why they did so and why they have the power but it still irks me. This could have been going on for years with my posts and I could have never noticed it. It's a certain type of censorship that I'm not sure I'm on board with. I understand the lack of some transparency in order to police these type of forums but this certain power worries me like no other.