GTANeXt said:
On my forum, I allow my members to edit and delete their own posts. I can always keep track of troublesome posts (in the case of members deleting their posts before an Admin or Moderator can see them) because deleted posts are merely transferred to a private area on the forums, and we can deal with them accordingly.
If you can set up something like that on your forum, then by all means - go ahead and set the permissions to allow members to edit and delete their own posts.
Yeah, someone told me about these to phpbb MODs that can help me.
MOD: Mark Edited Posts As Unread
Desc: This MOD marks topic's last posts show as unread if they are edited.
Link: http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/m ... _as_unread
MOD: Prime Trash Bin
Desc: Allows topics and posts to be kept when they are deleted so that they can be reviewed before being permanently deleted (or undeleted). Also, provides the ability to enter a reason for the deletion, and allows deleted topics to be moved to a specified Trash Bin forum. These deleted topics and posts can be viewed, undeleted, or permanently deleted by those with the proper permissions. Permanent deletion will occur when deleting topics in the Trash Bin forum or topics and posts that have already been marked as deleted.
Link: http://www.absoluteanime.com/admin/mods.htm#trash_bin
Iv not added them yet..
But they seem to be good for helping with some of the things we are talking about.
DavidL said:
sambling said:
I personally think you should allow them to edit- up to a time limit, but not delete their posts. This avoids them editing it afterward and then claiming to have never said what they said.
The height of paranoia. What kind of things do you expect these members to say, and then not claim afterwards?
Anything, For example..
A member could post a thread. Then another member could take offence to it and reply on it then report it. The member that posted it could then edit it so it says something else. Well that member has offended someone on my forum & has got away with it & also what he said will never be known.
Yes, this may be unlikely, or rare to happen, but it could, and if possible is it not best to have something which can help stop this, even if it only happens once & never happens again?
DavidL said:
SeanFace101 said:
Say you have a forum with doesnt allow posting of certain links to certains websites, lets say "adult sites". So i could make a thread on your forum posting something which you allow to be posted. Then after a while, i come back to your forum, go to that post, then change it completely to advertise the "adult site". If you have a busy forum, the post which has been edited could be pages back into your forum & less likely to be spotted of an admin or mod. This me getting my "adult site" advertised on your forum which i could have done if therewas No Editing or Editing Was Timed.
And this is also paranoia. Do you seriously think this will happen on a daily basis? Anyway, if it were genuinely active, other members would most likely have seen it, reported it, and you'd be banned (not "you", but a general member). And really, if it isn't reported, chances are people haven't seen it, hence it not being that active, so that member is in a lose-lose situation. And, if it was an old thread, Google, or other bots will have no reason to index that page again as there isn't anything telling them that new content is on that page.
As i said above in this reply..
It may not happen on a daily basis, but if it is possible, and may happen, even if only once or twice in the future, is it not best to cover yourself for it?
About google indexing the page..
Say i submit my website's site map to google, yahoo etc.. This will tell them about the page. Will it not?
Also, If there is a link to the thread page somewhere else on the internet & a spider crawls the page with that link, then the search engine thats crawling that page will pick up the link, then crawl the page it links to (this being the thread page), will will then result in the search engine picking up the new content on it (the disallowed content that has been edited into the thread). Will it not?
