I think it was appropriate that castaway restored the content of the nodes in that thread earlier.
It is pretty much always appropriate where there are responses that are left without context.
If you want to live dangerously by not quoting what you are
replying to, you shouldn't complain if the content you are
replying to disappears. If you quote, there's no problem.
Even a small update can change the thing you are replying to.
Abigail
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But that's no argument against restoring content.
I'm not claiming it's an argument against restoring content.
I'm just saying it's not an argument in favour of restoring
content.
Abigail
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I thought of this as more a keep-them-from-doing-it-again then a you-were-naughty-so-no-desert. The idea is that once you have to restore the content, which is a combination of a lot of work and a lot of luck, you won't have to do it for that person again.
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you won't have to do it for that person again.
How may repeat offenders do we have? It seems to me that if someone is so concerned about his XP that he tries to remove content to avoid downvotes, then he'll probably learn pretty quickly that that approach doesn't work. Especially when the content just reappears.
You can frame it as saving-work-for-the-editors, but it is still a punishment. And it would significantly impact the ease of posting for those so sanctioned. Downvotes and comments about the immaturity and ineffectuality of content removal are likely to go a lot further.
If we really do have a significant number of people who do this repeatedly, then maybe it would be worth implementing. But then there should also be some way of tracking how many times they did it because removing a privilege like that shouldn't be done until there are at least three strikes (and by that I mean incidents, not nodes.) Also, I'd think this sort of power would properly reside with the gods only, not the editors.
I really don't think this is a good idea in any case though.
-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";
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