☆ENGLISH ONLY☆コミュのwhat happened to all the topics?

To the members,

Because of my business, I could not check all of the
comments up. I launched this community for English
speakers (or learners) to get interested in having
a communication in English...

I was so glad that a lot of people had joined and
had conversations here but also found that some
members tried to mess them up...
I just feel very sorry to see them

Recently I've got some messages from some of
the members that mentioned about the changes.

I just can't get to understand what those people are
thinking about.

I really want you to remember 'thinking of others'.

Thank you.

Jimmie

[10] mixiユーザー 02月21日 18:19

censorship it is.

[13] mixiユーザー 02月22日 00:56

>Given the lack of stability on the side of Mixi, I'd say glitch. :)

I guess Mixi really is still just in "beta" mode, eh?

[14] mixiユーザー 02月22日 01:13

i think fair play to jimmie. it is HIS community and we are just guests. however, i think deleting the posts was a bit far. there were some legitimate topics that were quite interesting.

would it not be easier just to ban the people that abuse? i a couple may even be posting on this topic (no names mentioned).

[16] mixiユーザー 02月22日 02:11

I'm with gibbo-chan on this. There are definitely posters that "messed up" the community IMO.

Jimmie chose to delete the whole threads instead of picking the offending posts or banning the troublemakers. That may not be the best way to handle the situation, but like Jimmie himself admits, he's got work to do and can't spend 24/7 on Mixi. After all, this is his community. I'll support him.

[17] mixiユーザー 02月22日 02:33

愛　with X> i'm not sure anyone is pointing the blame at you, are they? i know i never mentioned you name before!!

だいはど> yeah, i'm with you dude. we should respect the hard work that people have put into making this!!!

[20] mixiユーザー 02月22日 04:42

愛　with X,

As far as I can tell, you are not one of those who "messed up" the community. What I consider "messing up," which may differ from Jimmy's definition, includes using clearly offensive language, engaging in personal attacks (such as name calling), trolling, etc. I don't think you've done any of that.

Like I said, Jimmy chose to delete the entire threads that he deemed troublesome. It is not necessarily because everyone involved was a troublemaker. :)

[22] mixiユーザー 02月22日 07:46

trolling = picking fights for no reason, insulting ppl, generally rude behavior.

While some of the deleted topics did contain some pretty heated discussions and harsh words, I don't think there was any trolling in them that was serious enough for them to be deleted.

[23] mixiユーザー 02月22日 07:52

'Trolling' is trying to get an argument and/or flame war started for no positive reason. Flaming of course being when YOU TALK TO THE OTHER PERSON LIKE THIS!! and is the same as shouting.

For example, going to a gay site and starting the topis "You are sick and ABnormal!!" or an band's fan site and saying "Your band sucks!" 'People are going to be offended. And you start fighting the Troll...it's entertainment for them.

[24] mixiユーザー 02月22日 09:20

My topic was deleted too.
I'm wondering if it was my fault.

mixi says some diaries are missing or deleted by system error.

If owner deletes topics, I hope there would be clearer guide lines so that every one can write not worrying of being deleted.

[26] mixiユーザー 02月22日 12:33

To be honest,

I enjoy very much reading the topics in this community.
But, yes, the harsh language really disturbed and scared me. For that reason, I couldn't really express what I felt regarding to the topics because I don't speak fluent english and somebody will get on me because of that.

However, I was impressed you guys can speak up with what ever you have in mind. Speak for what you think and feel is really good thing, but, don't you think we need to consider the words we use so that noone will be offended by that. I hope noone is offended by this respond.....

[27] mixiユーザー 02月22日 13:29

well, the name of the community is ENGLISH ONLY, and well, we're discussing whatevs in english, right.

the only posts that should be deleted are the ones that are not in english, or ones that are extremely innappropriate

i don't think good ole jimmiesan made this community for himself, i think he made it for people to discuss things in english, didn'cha jim-jam?

moral:
freedom of speech and all that

[30] mixiユーザー 02月22日 16:49

Hi 愛　with X.

I agree, you can't please everyone. Some words that sound perfectly okay to you may turn out to be offensive to others, and vice versa.

There are things you can do to minimize the risk. What I do is (1) avoid using four-letter words and clearly derogatory terms (e.g. racial slurs), and (2) not engage in name-calling and personal attacks. Those may not be enough all the time, but I believe it should help you stay away from trouble. :)

[31] mixiユーザー 02月22日 22:16

huh? did I say something wrong in the frat/sorority topic? I just came back here to read the topic, and it was gone!

[32] mixiユーザー 02月22日 22:47

> だいはど

perfect example of what you are talking about above (namely: chili fresh).

i ave become used to the people that say things for affect. i think maybe those people don't have much of a life and probably no friends. i'm not flaming, i'm just trying to justify their silly, boring and immature actions!! ;)

[34] mixiユーザー 02月22日 23:32

36> ;)

[35] mixiユーザー 02月23日 01:42

愛 with X,

>> do not give a revenge to offender by that kinda way.fighting
>> back usually causes another fight and get unstoppable,
>> so ignore it.

That's a very good point. :)

[36] mixiユーザー 02月23日 05:41

ok!!!! let me change the topic!!!!

http://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?id=4799436&comm_id=19163

[37] mixiユーザー 02月23日 09:08

enough with the victim mentality already.

[38] mixiユーザー 02月23日 14:42

Censorship?

[39] mixiユーザー 02月23日 23:14

sigh

[40] mixiユーザー 02月23日 23:23

Hey, can anyone please help me translate the following into Japanese? i kinda get the idea but not quite...

"At some point, you get tired of the obligation to see and appreciate things"

Does this sound like a message to someone or more like proverb? (?_?)

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