Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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Was my post which was criticising an American republican who promoted gun ownership deleted ? I really don't think that deserved to be knocked off if it was. It had disappeared when I last looked.
Is it possible that sometimes as well as worrying about who might get hurt, what also happens when an issue goes viral is there is a sudden realisation that the media could pick up on the thread and there is a sudden desire to control the agenda slightly ?
I think it's a human response and with the power afforded to someone with complete editorial rights, its very tempting to keep the conversation as you personally would wish it to be during those times. However those desires must be suppressed when people are conversing well within the realms of the law and all the voices, slightly inappropriate or not, should be heard, especially when things go viral because otherwise the community voice becomes Hugh's voice.
Her story, my story, their story becomes his story and not history.
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Well that's a mystery then ? I presumed it was you because it wasn't the first time it appeared to have happened.
Weird.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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I don't know about this particular post, FPR. But a few times a post of mine has disappeared.
The first couple of times this happened, it seemed to be when I posted a slightly altered second version of something after I realised too late that it had serious errors. Perhaps a typo which made nonsense of part of it. Or something which was plain wrong. I deleted the older post, and the newer one also vanished.
As I recall, another way things vanish may be when the originator of a discussion deletes the whole thread.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Same has happened to me a couple of times when I've posted something, realised there were errors (like apostrophes Philip), edited it and then reposted it. Checking in later it had gone. I thought it was because I use an iPad or phone to post (Apple products seem to do random things occasionally). Also happens if I post something and come out of the page before I'm certain it's uploaded. Again I think this might be an Apple thing.
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Permalink Reply by Gordon T on
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I posted a few months ago, uncontroversially I thought, and then found it had disappeared too. A couple of days later posted again, different thread, happened to watch the process and the rotating 'timer' symbol for 'doing things' just kept on rotating - for five minutes. So you've done all the posting actions, you haven't got a 'can't post' message, but your post never makes it and you think it's been deleted. First time round I said the admins had done it, they huffed they hadn't - regretted/regrettable red faces all round.
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Same thing Gordon. I sometimes get this rotating timer that just keeps on rotating. I thought it was my rubbish internet connection. Hugh, could this be happening at busy times when a few people are all trying to post at the same time?
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Hmm, perhaps an apology for making accusations might be in order FPR.
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Apologies for asking if a post got deleted on a thread where lots of posts seemed to have been deleted / moved.
I genuinely think it was a gremlin, it's happened to me a fair bit, so was a bit sensitive to it but guess I wasn't doing something right.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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To be clear, "lots of posts" have not been deleted or moved by us. We touch very few - some say far too few.
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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Just for the record.. Some of my postings have disappeared or in fact, never appeared at all.
I just thought it was an admin thing. Out of interest, does HoL use a 'naughty words' filter?
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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The other day, I posted a few lines on the rubbish thread. I pressed send. It disappeared. If I hadn't gone back to add something else, I might not have noticed straight away. The NIng software can be buggy sometimes. I've noticed it more lately so maybe someone is tinkering with code somewhere in California.
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