I Want to Improve the Experience Project

Inappropriate Flagging... Mindgirl posted a very inappropriate attack on Christians and Christianity. Mindgirl or her friends then took offense at my responses to her attacks and appear to have flagged my responses because they began disappearing one by one.

This kind of flagging is not proper or appropriate. It is a form of attack upon an individual for no better reason than she does not like what I have to say but is incapable of carrying on a civil debate or responding to honest and straight-forward questions asked in a civil and respectful manner.

I have been a long time very active member of EP. I strongly resent this kind of behavior against me. If EP cannot establish fair and equitable means of dealing with this issue, I will leave EP as have many of my conservative and moderate friends who are no longer willing to put up with unfounded attacks by anarchists, extreme liberals, and others who incite people to anger and then refuse to honestly debate them by flagging them.

This is unacceptable and unconscionable behavior.

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conceptualclarity

I have questions up where, to my great displeasure, replies that were probably made by my friends have disappeared.

I am hoping that we will not be told here that comments, answers, and replies never disappear before being reviewed by EP staff, because I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT. I have found to a certainty that this is not the case. I cannot go into all the details on open site because it would be dangerous to disclose that where unscrupulous members could see it. EP Support has itself said in the past that it all relies on "the community" to some extent to determine the visibility of our posts. Let me say it bluntly : an unscrupulous member and her flagging-pack friends ARE NOT "THE COMMUNITY"

I have a good friend named NewChrissy who is one of the most intelligent people on EP. She has largely given up commenting and posting stories because the comments disappear and the stories land in restricted viewing status ("EP Jail.") due to the efforts of malicious flaggers who stalk her. (This is a issue distinct from the issue of the conflict between EP Support and her over her critical comments directed at the former in this group.)

No member posts should disappear unless reviewed first by EP staff and found to violate WRITTEN neutral and neutrally applied guidelines that have been made available to the whole membership.

I believe that there have been numerous instances of EP staffers acting on the basis of their personal attitudes rather than in integrity as I just outlined. A well-known member who was quite beloved by lickitysplit, me, and many others has already left EP because of that reason. That, of course, is a second issue in addition to the issue of comments disappearing or being "hidden" (must be clicked on in order to be seen) before they are ever reviewed.

conceptualclarity

I would rather boldface than capitalize on comments if I had the option.

damselfly

Good point. So would I. HUGE TRACTS OF CAPITALS LOOK SO AGGRESSIVE AND SHOUTY!!!