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Viesti ryhmäsi ylläpitäjältäOkay... I'm putting on my group admin hat now. Today the hat looks like Kisuke Uruhara's. That's only because I'm feeling the stripes.

Ready for one of my long posts?

Ideally, everyone remembers the site's terms of service, especially the community rules. I'm pasting a big section here, because I have a feeling many of our group members don't click on internal links (links to stuff on the site) that go outside the group.

• LibraryThing prohibits all personal attacks on members. As Wikipedia's policy states, "Comment on content, not on the contributor."
• Personal attacks are attacks on a person. To dispute or disparage someone's words is not a personal attack. It is the line between "You are a liar" and "Your recent post was a lie." The former is a violation of the TOS. The latter is not.
• Personal attacks include name-calling. Name-calling is not restricted to pure insults (e.g., "asshole"), but also ones that imply both a personal and a content problem (e.g., "liar," "Nazi").
• LibraryThing has no speech code per se. You can dispute ideas and words without limitation.

Good advice

• Use common sense. Be polite. Think before you post.
• If you're upset by something or someone, try to calm down before responding.
• Discussions can become heated and passionate. Don't forget that the person on the other side is human.
• Remember that LibraryThing Talk is a public space; don't say anything to others that you wouldn't want a room full of people to overhear.
• Avoid quoting or otherwise exposing private communication. While this does not necessarily violate the Terms of Service, you should consider whether it qualifies as a personal attack or a disclosure of private information.
• Consider the context before posting. A political or religious dispute does not belong in a knitting group.

How to deal with abuse

• If you come across an abusive post, click the "flag abuse" link. The flag will be visible only after it has been flagged twice. After four different users have flagged a post, it will be deleted.
• Please do not flag posts as "abuse" simply because you disagree with what is said, or if someone criticizes your favorite book, author, or idea—that's not abuse, it's a difference of opinion. We welcome differences of opinion!
• LibraryThing staff do not review all flags. Severe abuse should be reported to LibraryThing staff.
• One violation of the Terms of Service will not be considered to justify another one.

Y'all seem to be reluctant to flag posts. I know where this reluctance comes from, but on this site, it's good to flag posts that you honestly believe abuse the community rules!

Don't worry too much about what happens with flags. If you make a mistake with flagging, you can usually unflag a message as easily as you flagged it. Apologies can be made if there was a big misunderstanding (which would have to involve at least five people before a message is deleted).

If you are the one whose message is flagged so many times you can see the consequences (meaning it's hidden or deleted), then please step away until you're feeling clear-headed to reconsider what you were posting. You may contact me directly if after that you think there was a misunderstanding about your message(s) or you don't know what to do next.

Got it?

I'm about to try out the admin tools again to see what we can do with the latest messages that really should not be here. My goal is to hide those behind an extra click for now.

Viesti ryhmäsi ylläpitäjältäSo I think... messages hidden by a group admin can still be edited by the poster or flagged by other members (not only of the group but any LibraryThing member).

I can remove the "Group admin has hidden this message" note at any time if needed. Let me know if you edit a post for it be seen again.