Comments on: Why was the candy bar question deleted?

Why was the candy bar question deleted?

Rash — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:17:49 -0800

So why was the AskMe thread "must I eat the whole candy bar" deleted?

By: SeizeTheDay

SeizeTheDay — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:19:25 -0800

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.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:32:22 -0800

I think it was eaten.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:42:43 -0800

And it wasn't even a very good discussion.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:27:49 -0800

And it wasn't even very good chocolate.

By: sbutler

sbutler — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:25:09 -0800

I had chocolate covered popcorn today.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:47:07 -0800

Was it good?

By: knave

knave — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:10:03 -0800

Because he flaunted the metric system.

By: briank

briank — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:10:07 -0800

Can I have the whole candy bar, then?

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:54:46 -0800

It seems valid to mention this again:

When Meta threads are deleted with absolutely no explanation, we miss the opportunity to educate our members.

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:07:44 -0800

I agree with ColdChef.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:13:18 -0800

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.

By: LarryC

LarryC — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:35:51 -0800

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.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:18:20 -0800

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.

By: spaghetti

spaghetti — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:45:27 -0800

mathowie and the flag queue sounds like an adventure book.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:48:05 -0800

mathowie and the flag queue sounds like a punk band.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:53:54 -0800

Flag Queue and the horse you rode in on.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:58:16 -0800

mathowie and the flag queue sounds like a mathowie potter novel.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:10:01 -0800

HURF DURF THREAD EATER

By: mathowie

mathowie — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:39:31 -0800

First comment says it all.

And I'll add deleted thread viewing later today (for reals! Or everyone gets free chocolate!!!).