Is moderation here biased?

[outback]

Thanks Al, that would be great.

Hay GAndhi, this raises the question, how P is a PM?

[RETIRED]

Thanks Al, that would be great.

Hay GAndhi, this raises the question, how P is a PM?

Very.The Admins cannot access PM's between members.

[Groggy]

Thanks Al, that would be great.

Hay GAndhi, this raises the question, how P is a PM?

That IS a good question. As said, no admins or mods can read them. They can be forwarded and reposted though.

Simply by sending it by that method you are requesting privacy, however, on occasion people have then posted them in open forums. Abusive PMs have also been forwarded to mods and admins as they breach the rules of the forum.

So, how private is private? Well, if you can trust the receiver then very private. If it is abuse then it is likely the moderators will see it.

[outback]

Thanks for the heads up on the P'ness of a PM, just an idle curiosity brought up when Groggy was explaining.


Good to know I can bag the hell outa ya's without fear of retribution.

[Clinton1]

Good to know I can bag the hell outa ya's without fear of retribution

Send your nasty PM's to me...... I'll post them in a thread for ya!

[RETIRED]

Doig a bit of maintenance folks. It will be back up shortly.

[RETIRED]

Jake, your post has been moved here with the replies. https://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=47282

It was getting way off topic.

[JDarvall]

jeez Sorry .....just erase it all if its easier. I was just having a winge.

[RETIRED]

No problems with moving it Jake. It is an interesting point.

[Cliff Rogers]

No problems with moving it Jake. It is an interesting point.

But, but, but....... why is it now closed?

[Wood Butcher]

Appears it was automatically closed when the post were moved to the new thread. It's not closed any more

[Cliff Rogers]

Appears it was automatically closed when the post were moved to the new thread. It's not closed any more

Ta.

[Daddles]

If I put something that looks like code here.

It gets right up the old fella's noses
when they can't work it out.

Cliff, if I explained to you exactly when we worked that out, you'd sort of

Richard

[Cliff Rogers]

Cliff, if I explained to you exactly when we worked that out, ....

Yeah, I know, I got a PM to say that code was no longer allowed.

[Frank&Earnest]

My apologies for resurrecting this thread, but I just stumbled on it and it seems the best place to sort out a niggling suspicion of mine.
Two of my posts were deleted some time ago. Did not think too much about the first, there was some server problem at the time. When the second occurred, the coincidence seemed too much and I asked for a clarification. He confirmed that the deletion was deliberate, but no explanation followed.

Don't think that "left" or "right" bias is an issue. My posts were so tame and meant as humorous (maybe my sense of humour is terrible, ok ) that to give them a "right" or "left" label would have been really pushing it.
And as regards breaching forum rules or any law, believe me: in a quarter of a century working as a State Government auditor, it has been hammered into me that anything I say or do must stand up in any court of law.

If anything, the issue is about policies that have come to be associated with one or the other side of politics. The disturbing thought is: were my posts deleted because they contained the words "Guantanamo bay" and "US Army Colonel"? In other words, is this an example of our Government being excessively zealous in searching for the remotest sign of subversion?
We know that ASIO checks chat rooms... are Neil and held to ransom by them?

Even if they were, they would be sworn to secrecy in the name of "the public interest" anyway, so their response is not the point here.

But it will be very interesting to see where this thread takes us, won't it?
I assume ASIO (or Neil and ) will leave this post alone to see how many of you will be coaxed into admitting that you are undercover terrorists (or to prove their absence of bias and constraints)...