I am wondering if somebody can explain this site’s moderation policy and what happens if you flag a comment? I went to the Terms and Conditions page and found only general guidelines about comments and nothing about flagging comments. My comment on Pop Culture Shock Therapy (Sept 7) disappeared. I thought my comment to be innocuous as it contained no profanity and nothing derogatory about another poster. When I checked on it in the morning, it was gone. On the same day, over at Big Nate, a commenter told another commenter to “Shut the F up”, twice in the same comment. That comment is still there. I am guessing that, for whatever reason, someone chose to flag my comment. Whatever standards the moderators use, they are not being applied consistently. Shouldn’t I have been notified if my comment was not up to the site’s standard? What are the standards, anyway? Apparently, though, one can drop F-bombs as long as they asterisk out some of the letters.
I am wondering if somebody can explain this site’s moderation policy and what happens if you flag a comment? I went to the Terms and Conditions page and found only general guidelines about comments and nothing about flagging comments. My comment on Pop Culture Shock Therapy (Sept 7) disappeared. I thought my comment to be innocuous as it contained no profanity and nothing derogatory about another poster. When I checked on it in the morning, it was gone. On the same day, over at Big Nate, a commenter told another commenter to “Shut the F up”, twice in the same comment. That comment is still there. I am guessing that, for whatever reason, someone chose to flag my comment. Whatever standards the moderators use, they are not being applied consistently. Shouldn’t I have been notified if my comment was not up to the site’s standard? What are the standards, anyway? Apparently, though, one can drop F-bombs as long as they asterisk out some of the letters.