Because it’s stupid and adds nothing to the conversation.
“What’s the number for CEX?” does that need to be a topic?
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When people make comments like that I flag them. What on earth do you think is achieved by calling someone or someones view stupid.
ducks as this whole topic descends into chaos and gets closed down
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Hang around a little more on here and you’ll see plenty of reasons why. The comments on those topics descend even further off topic and end up being locked which doesn’t help anyone.
Part of the problem is level 3 can flag a comment and it will instantly be hidden.
This gets mentioned a lot and I think it’s a bit heavy handed. Discussion naturally evolves and the focus changes - it’s normal. If you want to split the sub thread out into it’s own topic, that’s fine, but all too often someone comes along, locks the thread, and shuts the conversation down.
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I don’t call them stupid directly and I’m trying very hard not to mention names or threads. Although one big clue in the last post.
How many things do you google in a day? 5? 10? What if everyone on here posted whatever they google instead of doing it themselves?
This isn’t a search engine, it isn’t for people to solve your simple problems.
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Are you sure 
Oh you deleted it lol. Sorry for flagging you - nothing personal, was just proving a point 
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What have you achieved here, and what point were you trying to make?
It was in relation to this comment 
It used to take several people flagging a post for it to be hidden but not anymore.
So you’re passively aggressively calling someone stupid? I still don’t understand why It’s necessary.
We all know who’s posts you’re talking about and that poster causes no harm on this place whatsoever so how about just leaving them alone.
The forums guidelines say don’t read tone into posts. I would go one step further and say “Assume positive intent”. Calling someone or their views names is bullying pure and simple and I think (different topic) that a number of people on this place walk a very fine (and cross it more often that not) with cyber bullying.
This is not intended to post fight with you personally but maybe consider when you’re calling (or implying or inferring) someone or their views are stupid that there might be a more constructive way of discussing your differences with them
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Give it a go on mine if you wish. I proved it with @glasgows post earlier.
Unless it’s just me 
There you go. Did it on yours, unless it’s just me that sees this? 
lol thanks @anon75400416
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There’s sadly no “unflag” option either 
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lol nope I flag on purpose , and just for good measure I tell em why I flagged em 
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For as long as the current “Off Topic” section is here, I don’t see why there should be any content that can’t be posted there - (on the assumption it’s a topic that is on the legal side of things and otherwise within scope of the CoC).
There’s so many threads in here about stuff I can find elsewhere - advice about pretty much anything financial - can be covered by multiple different sources. Questions coming up about product purchases - you can find reviews elsewhere too. etc etc.
So I don’t think there’s such a need for such strict moderation of what topics get posted. If you look at the Code of Conduct, only these things are excluded:
- Don’t post anything that a reasonable person would consider offensive, abusive, or hate speech.
- Don’t post anything obscene or sexually explicit.
- Don’t harass or grief anyone, impersonate people, or expose their private information.
- Don’t post spam or otherwise vandalize the forum.
So sure there may be a lack of proper categorisation in some parts of the community - but I think anyone Level 2 or above can move topics categories if they feel it is incorrect.
If you then don’t like a topic someone is posting. (and it fits within the framework outlined in the code of conduct). Then don’t comment on it. If you really don’t like it. Hide the topic.
But for as long as the “off topic” section exists, and there’s no explicit “Keep this only about Monzo / Fintech” rule - it really bothers me when perfectly legit posts get hidden/unlisted/flagged in the masses.
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And even though it’s been explained multiple times, your selective quoting proves that.
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For me, the key community guideline that should apply to these threads is this:
“We avoid posting low-value content that doesn’t add to the discussion.”
Just because something isn’t expressly disallowed doesn’t mean that it adds value.
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There is nothing selective about my quoting… My post was about how people treat other people on this community. The rest of your post was as irrelevant as when my father says “I’m not a racist but…”
Everything after the but is just self justification of a view point that I think is wrong
To bring that back round you may not like and you may even disagree with what people post but there is no reason to call them stupid IMO.
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That’s a fair point and I had missed that side of the Code of Conduct.
That said. I do believe that point is selectively upheld - which I guess is my problem in line with the topic posted here.
People (myself) posting reaction gifs - low value and doesn’t add to discussion.
People (myself) posting jokes about Excel - while I’d argue they might be high quality jokes… Does it add to the discussion?
Etc etc.
There’s just as many examples of low-value content that is perceived to be acceptable than there is unacceptable, in that case.
I guess that’s the bit I find the most challenging - some low value, non discussion enhancing posts - are OK - others are not.
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The person you are talking about, I have helped multiple times. Never have I insulted him (or the other person that does it all the time), called them stupid as you are implying.
I think the threads are stupid, pointless and don’t belong here. Many others have expressed this also. As you can see in this thread.
The two main culprits won’t see this anyway because they never venture out of their own threads.