I’m also curious to know why some topics are unlisted/locked, then silently deleted. Won’t list any here [1] but I do have a hard time understanding how they’re making a mess as a whole, given the amount of overall traffic on this forum. Leaving some of those locked will just feel more transparent …

I feel as the feedback here has been clear, and we have started down a path of people repeating themselves and their points, rather than adding anything new. This is really hindering our ability to take in this feedback and discuss it amongst ourselves, so I’m going to close this thread. Thanks eve…

Good Monday all! :waving_hand:t2: [image] jonah: I can’t find such a post in your history? ▶ Do I need to explain how to query things when self-hosting a Discuss instance? Alright, I’ll be taking the voice regarding some concerns people have raised publicly [1] and apply a pragmatic filter on …

[image] kissu: :green_circle: get to have some transparency as of why controversial topics are shadow-removed on a forum that is about privacy and doing things in a respectful manner Then why use silly terms like shadow-removed as if we are some sort of secretive cabal? There is nothing shad…

[image] phnx: shadow-removed I don’t see any other name for what I feel when I do type the name of the thread I’m looking for into my browser and are greeted with a 404 in the next day. A head’s up or just seeing the thing locked is enough, moreover it will mostly just drown amongst all the …

It’s also more constructive if we can have a general conversation here rather than individuals posting wanting more information about specific posts of theirs; those questions should still be directed to @moderators . I want to mention that the moderation team ignores my private message to the mod…

[image] Onscreen5341: I want to mention that the moderation team ignores my private message to the mod team for a month and after that closed it. Without responding. The post in question had an expletive in it. The moderation told you to remove it. You chose to replace it by asterisk-ing mos…

I think there is a major issue with consistency in moderation here, clarity in what the rules actually are, and unwillingness by moderation to actually discuss there decisions in good faith which is also making this conversation more difficult. For example, a major and I think good rule is: When …

[image] lyricism: except to point out they were off topic For future reference, this is precisely the problem. It doesn’t matter if you expected your replies to be removed, because it sounds like your replies also caused more off-topic posts since you had to send more than one. Additionally,…

[image] jonah: which will still allow other community members to comment if they haven’t already Thanks for doing this, I do have some personal experience to share. I was once a core moderator of a online community with approx. 10k members, at times there were heated debate, and of course th…

[image] TinFoilHat: The log can be inspected by anyone at anytime, by themselves. How did you do this system, was this built in to your forum software or did you use some other tool? Thanks for your feedback.

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Onscreen5341 (Onscreen5341) March 9, 2026, 5:37pm 11

So I’m not allowed to say someone is completely false?

There is no rule against it.

Edit:
For context:
This was no insult or attack of the person. I just stated the argument was completely false.
Which is allowed.

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