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	[quote name="Choson"][quote name="Choson"]<a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/9097#201602">http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/9097#201602</a> [quote name="Senor Barborito MetaTalk Post"] Jim Jones (and on preview stav), while this is marginally off-topic, I'd like to point out that Matt deleted an AskMe suggestion because he disagreed with it, then promptly closed the resulting MeTa thread to prevent further discussion, thereby forcing people who found this behavior outrageous to post their complaints to a thread that at the time was no longer even on the front page of MeTa. Even if Matt seriously believed that poster's suggestion was a joke, that was a pretty poor way to handle that situation. However, that and the main topic of the latter thread are just examples of questionable judgement. The one that really makes me go from questioning and kvetching to outright grabbing for my pitchfork and torch is this. Now, I like Jessamyn. I've met her in person and think that she's an absolutely wonderful human being. I don't want to say anything that would cause friction between me and her, and it's for that reason that my several page diabtribes have been solely aimed at Matt (also, ultimately he chose who he shares moderation powers with). But what scarabic described was just wrong. Until an undelete feature is added (which should be incredibly simple - just add a single-bit 'display/do not display' flag to the data structure of the posts and modify the html generator to ignore posts where that bit is set to 1), moderation really needs to be done with the utmost of care. posted by Ryvar at 8:29 PM PST on February 19 [/quote][/quote] And later on in the thread, from the guy who runs Metafilter: <a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/9097#201620">http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/9097#201620</a> [quote name="Matt Haughey"] Ryvar, you're the one that thought a thread about rape jokes should stay, so I know you're pretty much in the "never delete anything, ever, and anything ever deleted is a travesty" camp. [/quote][/quote]