[Gigi485]

Originally Posted by admin

Please note that threads can be closed by YorkieTalk moderators and admins for any reason. We generally don't want to close threads, but there are times that this is absolutely necessary, as threads get off topic, too heated, or problematic. While we are a public forum, this community is privately owned and thus we can have our own rules and regulations on what can and can not be posted here in our community. We do have rules and regulations for a reason. For example, name calling and racial slurs are not allowed here in our community.

Only the government is prohibited from restricting speech. Because YT is privately owned, speech can be restricted in any way that YT sees fit. We try not to restrict speech, but there are times that it is unavoidable. Threads may be closed or deleted by moderators or admins for any reason. Usually they are closed or deleted because it goes against YT rules or some other kind of problem. Threads are never closed or deleted for no reason. YT tries to be as neutral as possible and we do not close threads because we have a particular opinion on a subject. If we see 5 new (or active) threads on the same subject, we may close 4 of the threads as we try to avoid redundancy.

As this is a community site, we want to keep the atmosphere friendly, and often times, heated threads turn into huge arguments and name-calling, which leads to suspensions and or banned users, which we try to avoid. We have tried in the past to keep hotly-debated threads open, but it never works. It always turns out ugly. So threads may be closed before that happens.

It makes YT members and YT itself look bad when someone that is a new (a new member or potential new member) is on YorkieTalk for the first time sees a bunch of name-calling and childish behavior. This is what we are trying to avoid as we want to make this as friendly and welcoming a community as possible, though undoubtedly problems will still happen at times.

Thank you for your feedback.

Thanks for setting me straight. I get it.