Relevant threads:
Proposal to delete obvious troll posts vs blanking them: http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-6186498#post-3848679
Vote on afore-mentioned proposal: http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-6231350/voting-thread-deleting-troll-posts
User disciplinary thread where the issue came up again: http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-10074047/disciplinary-c45
I guess the driving question here is how to balance keeping a record/evidence of troll posts and/or severe user misbehavior easily accessible while keeping the main site free of toxic and/or harmful posts.
This is probably a necessary discussion, as after the Social Media fiasco, we have to now deal with not only run-of-the-mill shitstirring trolls, but also trolls seeking to push an agenda against the SCP site, its staff, and/or cerain articles, users, or groups in the site (such as SCP-2721).
Obviously, we shouldn't ignore these toxic posts and allow them to linger on the site, but deleting them outright without some manner of keeping evidence that they existed may only aid whatever agenda a troll may be pushing, which is undesirable.
Thoughts?
