Why was the candy bar question deleted?

November 16, 2005 10:17 PM

So why was the AskMe thread "must I eat the whole candy bar" deleted?
posted by Rash to Etiquette/Policy at 10:17 PM (19 comments total)

The original poster in the thread said that he/she asked the question "just for the sake of discussion". Seems like a cut and dry situation of violating the etiquette.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 10:19 PM on November 16, 2005

I think it was eaten.
posted by xmutex at 10:32 PM on November 16, 2005

And it wasn't even a very good discussion.
posted by smackfu at 10:42 PM on November 16, 2005

And it wasn't even very good chocolate.
posted by loquacious at 12:27 AM on November 17, 2005

I had chocolate covered popcorn today.
posted by sbutler at 1:25 AM on November 17, 2005

Was it good?
posted by nthdegx at 1:47 AM on November 17, 2005

Because he flaunted the metric system.
posted by knave at 3:10 AM on November 17, 2005

Can I have the whole candy bar, then?
posted by briank at 5:10 AM on November 17, 2005

It seems valid to mention this again:

When Meta threads are deleted with absolutely no explanation, we miss the opportunity to educate our members.
posted by ColdChef at 5:54 AM on November 17, 2005

I agree with ColdChef.
posted by grouse at 6:07 AM on November 17, 2005

If a question is both a) of no practical use and b) is a discussion question with no definite answer, it's just chatfilter and should be deleted. Those kind of things can be taken to Metachat where they'll meet a receptive audience.
posted by orange swan at 6:13 AM on November 17, 2005

What Coldchef said. It would be nice to have a way to easily view deleted posts. Then folks could see Matt's reason. Monkeyfilter has this feature.
posted by LarryC at 6:35 AM on November 17, 2005

It would be nice to have a way to easily view deleted posts.

I believe this is in the works. I thought the chocolate question was borderline, but mathowie and the flag queue thought otherwise.
posted by jessamyn at 7:18 AM on November 17, 2005

mathowie and the flag queue sounds like an adventure book.
posted by spaghetti at 7:45 AM on November 17, 2005

mathowie and the flag queue sounds like a punk band.
posted by cortex at 7:48 AM on November 17, 2005

Flag Queue and the horse you rode in on.
posted by ColdChef at 7:53 AM on November 17, 2005

mathowie and the flag queue sounds like a mathowie potter novel.
posted by quonsar at 7:58 AM on November 17, 2005

HURF DURF THREAD EATER
posted by matildaben at 9:10 AM on November 17, 2005

First comment says it all.

And I'll add deleted thread viewing later today (for reals! Or everyone gets free chocolate!!!).
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:39 AM on November 17, 2005