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[–]marmorsymphata 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

So you can't figure out how to post things properly and now you're crying like a baby? Jesus, I thought this was going to be some kind of hardcore censorship takedown or something. Get a grip, this happens on every website with active mods. You really don't understand that many websites do not have the code structure to move posts?

[–]akkordeonplayer[S] 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I'm not "crying like a baby"-- Give me a break about posting things "properly". Just look at their "circles" and explain to me why the majority of them don't sound like they could totally overlap in terms of topics.

I delete shit, call it out, move on. I'm not the first person to see this happen on their site. Other people had asked the same question when I searched the same issue. It's ridiculous, and doesn't help their cause or attract posters. The whole reason the site exists is because of bizarre censorship rules on reddit, you'd think they'd be more lax about rigid "subs" in order to increase traffic, clicks, or to welcome posters. You'd think they'd accept criticism without attacking the person making their point.

It would make more sense to reply to the poster, "next time you post about this kind of topic, please use XYZ circle instead" instead of deleting the whole thing.

So what if many websites don't have the code structure to move posts? Is every poster going to be a programmer who realizes this? NO.

Many old school forums DO move posts and threads to "appropriate" subs.

[–]MarkTwainiac 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So what if many websites don't have the code structure to move posts? Is every poster going to be a programmer who realizes this? NO.

Rather than just delete your post, they could've told you to C&P it in the particular circle the mod thought it belonged in, then delete it from the original place you posted it yourself. Any user can easily do that.

[–]akkordeonplayer[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes— that would be a better option to give users, one would think, than to delete an entire thread.

[–]owmygenderfeels 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So what if many websites don't have the code structure to move posts? Is every poster going to be a programmer who realizes this? NO.

This is a perfect example of exactly you've been talking about throughout this thread, where women who don't understand STEM are shamed and implied to be stupid.