Disemvoweling vs. Flagging

I do wish there was a better feedback cycle for deleted posts.

There is the other feedback cycle, where a post is flagged to threshold (mods can trigger this) but it can be complicated – can the post be fixed through an edit? Sometimes it’s easier to just “poof” the post.

But there’s no real feedback on why it was poofed, what was wrong, what you could try again with in the future, etc. Naturally this takes more work than clicking a poof button, which is part of the problem, and can also lead to debates about the right and wrong of poofing in this case… etc etc etc.

I think you can see the paradox here. I don’t have a good answer (opinions welcome, if they propose workable solutions). Bottom line if you participate on BBS you have to be OK with an occasional post of yours going poof for… reasons.

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