Where is everyone? — Page 3

LYLS3637 said: "Wow-- for a bunch of folks who hide behind fake names and pictures, you should do get indignant when a private website regulates the unsubstantiated crap you post."

mine is actually a picture of myself FYI

As I am sure you can imagine, we are trying to get details on our end organized, finalized, and in place, and until we do, we are trying to avoid anything that could exacerbate problems further. I understand that that is frustrating, but it was either that or keep the board closed and not answer any questions. We are trying to be as transparent as the situation allows, but there are just certain things that if we allowed them to become major discussions would only make things worse for everyone involved. We truly apologize for that, and we hope that we can get everything resolved on our end quickly.

JSquared2 said: "LYLS3637 said: "Wow-- for a bunch of folks who hide behind fake names and pictures, you suredo get indignant when a private website regulates the unsubstantiated crap you post."



^^^ This. Emphasis on the word PRIVATE. I love all the people who think they are "owed" explanations."

I wasn't on here yesterday and I don't follow any Broadway performers on social media, so I have no idea what said/deleted. But if you don't know why your post was deleted, I don't think asking for an explanation is unreasonable, whether it's a private site or not. Restaurants and stores are private too, but if I was at a restaurant and the owner came up and told me to leave, I'd probably want to know why. Is an explanation required? No, but it's the decent thing to do and not getting one would leave a sour taste in my mouth.

Much like a store purchase, using the boards can be seen in many ways as a business transaction. We come to the site, giving them clicks and generating more ad revenue. In exchange, we get to participate on the boards so long as we follow the ToS. Again, I didn't see the deleted posts so I'm not necessarily saying the mods were in the wrong. If any of the posts blatantly violated the ToS, then the posters should know why they were deleted and no additional explanation should be needed. But if they don't understand what they did wrong (maybe it could be read differently from how it was intended, maybe it was in response to something else that got deleted and was deleted by proxy, etc), then yeah, I can see why they might want an explanation.

Updated On: 12/10/18 at 03:43 PM

GreeneStreet said: "Every post that mentions (a certain person) has been deleted or locked. This message will be deleted since it says (her name) in it.

Every poster who says her name is mysteriously muted.

and thats the tea."

As you can see, we've deleted the comment that I quoted above, but I did want to address it, because it's not factually accurate, and this is something that we've mentioned before, but I wanted to put it into more specific terms.

I'm not sure what GreeneStreet means by "mysteriously muted," but if they are referencing suspensions, those are not mysterious. The reason for the suspension appears when you log into the account.

Also, as I said in response to SweetLips22 an hour or so ago, we are trying to avoid fanning any flames on the boards for the time being, so, yes, we are choosing to prune topics much more tightly than we otherwise would. We have been upfront about that. We are fine talking about everything that happened last night (as evidenced by the conversations throughout the day), but we want to keep those discussions productive.

Once we settle on all of the new protocols and plans moving forward, we will let everyone know if there are any additional substantive changes, and then we can get back to normal. I guarantee you that everyone here at BWW would like that to happen as soon as humanly possible!

Oh, no need to apologize. I totally get that this whole situation is frustrating and confusing, you don't have to tell me this. But, I completely believe in trying to be as transparent as possible. Obviously there will be things that we can't talk about yet (or maybe ever), but I promise that we want to find a solution that works for everyone as much (if not more) than anyone else.

If anyone has questions that they would like to discuss outside of the board, you are welcome to email us at moderator[at]broadwayworld[dot]com. Or you can continue to post things here. Obviously we will be continuing to trim things here as needed, but I think everyone knows that drill at this point.

Also, just call me, Mod. Mr. Moderator is my father.

I feel very conflicted about this event. I didn't agree with most of what users were posting that was anti-Patti. However, there is a difference between being nasty and giving constructive criticism. A lot of what was on the Frozen Previews thread was nasty. This affected people like me who genuinely wanted to discuss the show on that thread because it eventually was deleted because of some users posts. Then, when I tried to start another thread, that one got deleted as well because of the posts on there. Now we have lost at least two longtime posters who were some of the most active members on here. Nobody won last night.

natashalost said: "Nobody won last night."



I don't know that it should be viewed as a contest; but those of us who advocate for civility, "won". At least this time.

Hey, while the moderator is taking questions-- Last night Alan Henry (one of the other mods) said he would continue to answer any of our questions through PM if we would like. I messaged him but received no response, which is understandable, so I will repeat my questions here.

I just want to connect with other Frozen fans and share my love for this show on here but every time I do that the thread gets locked or removed altogether. I understand this is important in moderating the board and now that some of the users who were the ones who instigated these uncivil conversations have left the site this may no longer be a problem. However, I want to talk about scheduled absences and when understudies are on because I like to spread the love for understudies and I know others appreciate knowing who will be on for the performance they are seeing. How can I do this while avoiding the uncivil conversations that could provoke a moderator to lock a thread?

A suggested song title in a maybe very good musical about the digital age: DEAR MODERATOR. After that, it almost writes itself.

Elfuhbuh said: "...I don't agree with deleting entire threads, but I am glad that the mods are taking action to make this place a friendlier atmosphere for theatre fans to discuss topics in..."

100% agreed.