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Posted December 21, 2020
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It appears that a topic I have posted in has been deleted, and as a result. the "show more" option on the "topics I've participated in" is no longer there.

If you need to edit or lock topics, that's perhaps OK, but please don't delete topics that have had some replies until this bug is fixed.

Edit: Why the low rating? I'm pointing out a real issue of this forum.
Post edited December 24, 2020 by dtgreene
Posted December 21, 2020
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Well staff(even when not busy) seem to delete threads instead of editing them......likely to save time.

Still, I would appreciate if staff pruned offending posts more than deleting them.

(also we now have several CMs whose job it is to do just that.....prune threads and etc.....so imo there's no visible reason that they cannot prune the threads if staff is busy)
Posted December 21, 2020
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The irony is both the thread and your avatar are technically against the forum policy.
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GamezRanker: Well staff(even when not busy) seem to delete threads instead of editing them......likely to save time.

Still, I would appreciate if staff pruned offending posts more than deleting them.

(also we now have several CMs whose job it is to do just that.....prune threads and etc.....so imo there's no visible reason that they cannot prune the threads if staff is busy)
They could also look at the game subforums and mark all the dead links in the stickied threads too.
Posted December 22, 2020
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Technically everything is against forum policy(as there is a clause in there that says mods can mod anything for any reason).
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§pectre: They could also look at the game subforums and mark all the dead links in the stickied threads too.
Sounds like a good idea
Post edited December 22, 2020 by GamezRanker
Posted December 22, 2020
Made a topic about "Effects of New Anti-Censorship Polish Law on GOG?" and they deleted it and I now have the same problem.

(Of course no idea why it was deleted. Its obviously legit and not a duplicate - far as I saw no other topic on it.)
Post edited December 22, 2020 by Zrevnur
Posted December 22, 2020
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Zrevnur: Made a topic about "Effects of New Anti-Censorship Polish Law on GOG?" and they deleted it and I now have the same problem.

(Of course no idea why it was deleted. Its obviously legit and not a duplicate - far as I saw on other topic on it.)
Probably due to this point in the Code of Conduct:

Political discussions not related to a video game are not permitted. Threads created exclusively to talk about politics will be locked. Users who ignore this rule repeatedly will be met with moderation.
Although it only mentions locking, not deleting.
Post edited December 22, 2020 by Leroux
Posted December 22, 2020
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Zrevnur: Made a topic about "Effects of New Anti-Censorship Polish Law on GOG?" and they deleted it and I now have the same problem.

(Of course no idea why it was deleted. Its obviously legit and not a duplicate - far as I saw on other topic on it.)
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Leroux: Probably due to this point in the Code of Conduct:

Political discussions not related to a video game are not permitted. Threads created exclusively to talk about politics will be locked. Users who ignore this rule repeatedly will be met with moderation.
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Leroux: Although it only mentions locking, not deleting.
How is discussion of effects of laws 'political'? You wouldnt be able to discuss regional price differences or such things either then. Far as I understand 'political' it would be the discussion of whether the law is good or bad. Discussion of details of the law itself would be 'legal'. But asking for practical consequences for GOG is like asking if German VAT increase will immediately lead to higher prices or not.
Posted December 22, 2020
Yeah, it's a bit of a borderline case. It's not related to a game, so according to the Code of Conduct they were in their right to lock it, but if they'd enforce that rule consistently in such a rigid way, we could hardly talk about anything important going on in the game industry anymore.
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Zrevnur: Far as I understand 'political' it would be the discussion of whether the law is good or bad.
Still, while the thread was not made to discuss whether the law is good or bad, or which intentions are suspected behind it, it was asking for comments in that regard. And I will own up and admit that I myself took the bait and posted something in that vein, right before it got deleted, not very explicit but implying political criticism. So blame me, if you like. I do agree though that deleting threads without further explanation just causes more confusion and doesn't really deal with any perceived issue.
Posted December 22, 2020
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Zrevnur: Made a topic about "Effects of New Anti-Censorship Polish Law on GOG?" and they deleted it and I now have the same problem.
Also probably because it affects them directly here. You wouldn't want users from Poland to know about their new (impending) civil rights.
Posted December 22, 2020
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Zrevnur: Made a topic about "Effects of New Anti-Censorship Polish Law on GOG?" and they deleted it and I now have the same problem.
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Zorzy: Also probably because it affects them directly here. You wouldn't want users from Poland to know about their new (impending) civil rights.
Most likely because it's a political thread and not one that has anything to do with Games or Gog. (this law is for social media not every single forum on the Net)
Posted December 22, 2020
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Gersen: Most likely because it's a political thread and not one that has anything to do with Games or Gog. (this law is for social media not every single forum on the Net)
Could be because of the political note. As for a thread that has nothing to do with games or gog, half of still open threads here aren't about games or gog. Forums are social media, and would fall under this law in Poland.
Posted December 22, 2020
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Zorzy: Also probably because it affects them directly here. You wouldn't want users from Poland to know about their new (impending) civil rights.
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Gersen: Most likely because it's a political thread and not one that has anything to do with Games or Gog. (this law is for social media not every single forum on the Net)
so why wouldn't this be social media?
Posted December 22, 2020
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Zorzy: Also probably because it affects them directly here. You wouldn't want users from Poland to know about their new (impending) civil rights.
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Gersen: Most likely because it's a political thread and not one that has anything to do with Games or Gog. (this law is for social media not every single forum on the Net)
But it may have to do something with GOG. Idea was to collect more/better information to find that out. Note that 1) I dont know enough about this new law. 2) GOG account page looks like social media to me.
Also: Your "this law is for social media not every single forum on the Net" does imply that you do know more about it?

Edit: It may also have something to do with games. Like chatrooms in games etc.
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Gersen: Most likely because it's a political thread and not one that has anything to do with Games or Gog. (this law is for social media not every single forum on the Net)
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Zorzy: Could be because of the political note. As for a thread that has nothing to do with games or gog, half of still open threads here aren't about games or gog.
Far as I understand the thread/topic clearly was about GOG. It had GOG in the title and the questions inside were tailored towards GOG.
Also: Forum rules https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001814049-Forum-Code-of-Conduct?product=gog just say "Threads created exclusively to talk about politics will be locked." So even if there is 'a political note' it shouldnt cause locking much less deleting.

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Zorzy: Forums are social media, and would fall under this law in Poland.
You know more about this?
Post edited December 22, 2020 by Zrevnur
Posted December 22, 2020
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Zrevnur: Far as I understand 'political' it would be the discussion of whether the law is good or bad.
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Leroux: Still, while the thread was not made to discuss whether the law is good or bad, or which intentions are suspected behind it, it was asking for comments in that regard.
No it wasnt. It was specifically aimed at the effects of the law on GOG and GOG users and GOG games.
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Leroux: And I will own up and admit that I myself took the bait and posted something in that vein, right before it got deleted, not very explicit but implying political criticism. So blame me, if you like.
I missed that before... So you posted something political and that is why the thread was deleted?
Posted December 22, 2020
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Zorzy: Forums are social media, and would fall under this law in Poland.
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Zrevnur: You know more about this?
No. The information in english is scarce and I don't know polish to find out more. And my own country's media has not written anything about it.
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