New LRC Not So Much Fun - Is The Site Moderated Too Much Now?

Next steps? I have no idea, and I don’t think it’s my job. The brothers get to run the site. I mean, people have been complaining about the moderation constantly for well over a year. LRC is not nearly as welcoming to weird or provocative ideas, or harmless kidding around, as it once was. I got tired of posting responses on threads that disappeared. I assume the brothers are happy with this state of affairs. I have no idea why. But their vote is the only one that counts.

I suggest not worrying too much about it. It’s just a running website. I had a lot of fun here for awhile, with a lot interesting and provocative discussions. Because of that, the sudden censorship prompted me to start this thread and send a few emails to bring this to the brothers attention. I did that, and they evidently don’t agree. That’s life. God is good.

Next step is a jury trial.

Get control over your mods. They're ruining the site. Multiple factually correct posts of mine were deleted for being 'off topic'.

No, “the truth”, they were not on topic. The lost Titanic submersible is not about your Bell Curve adoration.

Can someone please explain why the thread about Brittney Griner’s team being 2-10 got deleted? There was good discussion happening in that thread.

There was?

Free speech is too scary.

The BroJo's need to thank ALL of the current mods for their faithful service and then relieve all of them of their duties. Then, they need to work with the developer to 1) be able to keep track of their mods and see who is doing what, so that their activities can be monitored every so often.

Then, the BroJo's can acquire an all new volunteer staff. This would be easy. They'd cover their needs within an hour.

I would happily serve as a mod for a term. I would commit to know exactly what their posted rules are (in fact, I already do), and then if anyone egregiously broke one of the rules, I would correct or delete it. If anyone asked, I would easily be able to explain why a comment was amended. It would be obvious to all. Other than that, it would be anything goes. If all the mods did likewise (which they should), then I think we would make it back to the good ole' days of LRC.

I don’t see any comments from admins in this thread in the last 5 months. Just a list of concerns and deleted posts. Has this thread become a place for us to complain into the void?

Pass.

Ha! A mod just removed a harmless thread where someone was wondering what percentage of posters here are genuine vs playing a character. Unbelievable. What was wrong with that?

If we’re going to delete posts simply for not being 100% in line with the OP, we might as well get rid of the discussion form all together. There can be absolutely no useful or interesting discussion if that is the policy.

What, you thought the post wasn’t useful? So it should be deleted? Nonsense.

Cool story.

I never said that every single post needs to be 100% in line with the OP.

Probably nothing at all. Some moderator just thought “I don’t like it” or “that’s dumb” and decided on their own to get rid of it. Doesn’t matter that someone actually spent time and energy posting it and writing responses. Doesn’t matter that it probably hurts letsrun in the Google algorithm, because threads and posts keep disappearing without explanation. There is no accountability. The moderators run the site. That’s why this board isn’t so much fun anymore.

I don’t believe “there was good discussion” occurring on that thread as the poster claimed. So I couldn’t care less if it was deleted or not deleted.

Agreed. They censor any dissenting viewpoint. There's no difference between these mods and the Stasi.

Why aren't you respecting the WNBA? It's a stunning and brave league.