Mohammed Censors

Anonymous Poster · Oct 18, 2001

I thought the discussion regarding the Kubota.ca discussion was interesting as it had censorship discussion included.

Thought you all might be interested to know that a couple of my posts have disappeared in existing threads, and they contained NO questionable language.

What gives Mohammed?

Muhammad · Oct 18, 2001

Your posts were removed for violation of our terms of use. We also received complaints about your posts privately.

If you were registered, we would have contacted you to let you know why your posts were being removed, but witout a way to contact you about your conduct on the forum, our decision was to remove the posts before they further disrupted the forum.

You're welcome to participate in the forum provided you refrain from trolling and/or other violations of our terms of use.

DarinRay · Oct 18, 2001

Well I for one know what gives. There is no Mohammed here. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Darin

fishman · Oct 18, 2001

Muhammad,

Is there someplace on the site that lists the terms of use? I guess it would behoove us all to be aware of them.

I am not familiar with the term "trolling", except in a fishing context/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif. What does it mean?

As an aside, a whole thread in which I had posted disappeared, which did not bother me in the slightest, as it was not contributing to the forum. Keep up the good work.

Gatorboy · Oct 18, 2001

Re: Muhammad Censors

There is a link to the Terms of Use at the bottom of each webpage.

Regards,
Dave "Gatorboy" Hoffmann
Fallston, Maryland

Muhammad · Oct 18, 2001

Terms of use can be found at http://www.tractorbynet.com/terms_of_use.shtml ...

Troll as found in the dictionary:

An electronic mail message, Usenet posting or other (electronic) communication which is intentionally incorrect, but not overtly controversial (compare flame bait), or the act of sending such a message. Trolling aims to elicit an emotional reaction from those with a hair-trigger on the reply key. A really subtle troll makes some people lose their minds.

Charlie_Iliff · Oct 18, 2001

Re: Muhammad Censors

And one of its clear provisions is:

TractorByNet.com has the right to delete, edit, or decline to publish any information provided by those accessing the site at any time and for any reason or that TractorByNet.com in its sole discretion deems to be unacceptable.

It is refreshing to see that power actually exercised, and insofar as I have been able to notice, exercised with appropriate Judgment. Thanks Muhammad

Charlie Iliff

huckflynn · Oct 18, 2001

I had never heard of trolling. I went searching on the net and found the following discussion of trolling:

The Fine Art Of Trolling

Sad.

Edited by huckflynn on 10/18/01 02:51 PM (server time).

BobT · Oct 18, 2001

Re: Muhammad Censors

I am going to agree here with Muhammad, and strongly. Tractrobynet.com is by any rational measure, one of the very finest places to visit and experience shared interests on the Internet.

We have ALL seen the chaos that can abruptly result when interlopers storm into a forum or newsgroup and "demand" their antagonistic or otherwise offensive posts be left alone or face an immediate charge of "censorship." This is exactly what has heppened in this case.

This has nothing whatsoever to do with censorship. Go read the 100,000+ posts on TBN of the past few years, and anyone would agree that a stupendously wide range of topics is dicsussed. But, Muahmmad insists upon that rarest of rarities -- courtesy and respect. It is called "good management." And I at least believe we are infinitely better off for his measured hand of administration.

BobT.
A Indiana Boy

Harv · Oct 18, 2001

Re: Muhammad Censors

that rarest of rarities -- courtesy and respect.

Having ventured into (and out of) various other forums, the above quality of TBN is what has continued to please and amaze me. Imagine my surprise when I discovered a bunch of compact tractor owners were head and shoulders more respectful of each other than even computer geeks (like myself) on other forums. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

For anybody who is relatively new to TBN, I would highly recommend reviewing the TBN and civility thread from earlier in the year.

This particular board caters to tractor newbies, and draws upon the vast pool of knowledge and experience of the general membership. No matter who you are, you can be pretty sure that there are folks here who know both more and less than you do about tractors and implements of all shapes and sizes. For that very reason, there is no call for anyone to feel holier than thou or be bashful about asking "stupid" questions. On this board, there is no such thing as a stupid question, and that is the atmosphere that has led to its great success.

Occassionally, and only occassionally, Muhammad will step in to maintain the proper ambiance, as specified in the Terms Of Use. I have never known Muhammad to be rash or unfair, and I have certainly seen nothing I would consider censorship.

That's how it looks from where I'm sittin'. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif