The Poster should be able to DELETE responses

It seems like when someone posts a question or a topic, questions get answered in the beginning. But eventually, there's always going to be a rude or ignorant person who comes to the post to stir up trouble & by the time other users click on the post to actually see responses to the question or topic, they are reading pointless arguements from other childish members (which is not the reason they initially clicked on the post in the first place).

I believe the author of the post should be able to delete the comments from other users. Just like on Myspace, Facebook.com, Xanga, AOL, Yahoo (or any other websites that encourage open discussions), people are able to delete things off of their "wall" that they feel shoulnd't be seen or shouldn't be there OR not only block people from contacting them personally but also to block those same people from responding to any posts that you construct from there on out.

Kry,

I understand what you are saying...at least I think I do - not completely sure so if you can, help me to understand here what I think you are saying.

You have a desire to post a topic that you personally are interested in - so you do. In doing so, this allows anyone to respond (open forum) in anyway they choose (freedom of speech). If what they respond with does not meet your needs/critera you would like to delete what they have posted?

I can understand that you may not like/approve some of the responses posted however, each person has the right to express their thoughts/feelings on any subject here without being judged (does not always happen - would be cool if it did though!) and the poster I think needs to understand that they are unable to control what or how someone expresses themselves. This is a great exercise in being non-judgemental and "allowing" others their freedom and skipping past what does not resonate with said poster.

Might you be taking some of the responses too personally? just a thought.

Personally, I enjoy reading what others say....I may not agree with what they say but they are not me, they are who they are and.... each one of us is unique - let's embrace the UNIQUENESS of each individual.

Oh no no no, I don't in ANY way take too personal what others say. I just think it should be an option. For example, there are 2 people in general on this site who purposely find my post & make it their purpose to start arguements on EVERY single post that I create. But I can only block them from personally writing to me, not from responding to my post. I'm talking about the people who are known on this site for just starting trouble on purpose, I'm talking about the people who purposely use this site as a way to show their ignorance. I love it when others don't agree with me on the topic I posted, but that's the thing, at LEAST we might disagree on the question I might've asked in my post. But It's another thing when I post a question, go back it see that I have 75 replies & learn that 74 of them were from one user who kept being ignorant.

"But It's another thing when I post a question, go back it see that I have 75 replies & learn that 74 of them were from one user who kept being ignorant."

Kry,

I'd like to invite you to ask yourself.....does it really matter how they respond? Can you control how they are going to respond?

If you have answered, yes to those questions....you may want to look within to see why this experience is showing up for you - it for some reason is pushing your buttons. Ask yourself, why?

Look, the question was "How could this site be better." I actually ANSWERED the question I came to the post for. You can agree with me or not. Just because I made a suggestion DOES NOT mean that these people actually get to me. Trust me, if they got to me I would've quit posting every day & signed myself out of this site a lonnnng time ago.

Hmmmm....they are getting to you or you would not have posted what you did nor would you have called them "ignorant."

Their replies would be no big deal to you....you may read them and say...."hmmmm, that was interesting" and move along. However, this is not the case as you are bothered by what they have responded...how can I tell "they get to you?" because you want to delete what they post as it is not suiting your needs.

Really.....in the big scheme of things....does it really, really matter what they post? I tend to find the humour in it all.

Life sure can be funny at times....😉

What Freebird and cappy said.


NO deleting responses. Block feature works perfectly well for me. Try it sometime. 🙂

I wasn't aware that myspace, xanga and facebook were open forums .. I thought they were sites for bloggers that are personally operated by each profile identity.

"Their replies would be no big deal to you....you may read them and say...."hmmmm, that was interesting" and move along"

......"Hmmmmm, that was interesting"...You happy now?

Yes I Am - I live in a constant state of happiness 😉

Thanks for asking 🙂

Yes, you do ... which is remarkable, and so the noted remark recognizing it, Freebird.

🙂

No problem 🙂