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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree. If I wanted to read that type of news story, I'd go to a news website. Perhaps something like: no graphic language in thread titles. [/quote]

It's funny but people are pretty good about self-policing spoilers for tv shows or something like that "SPOILER: Did anyone see last night's Modern Family episode?", rather than posting the plot in the subject line.

Why is it so hard to post "GRAPHIC: Horrible story of abuse in MD" instead of somethign more explicit.

Those interested in learning more will read the thread.  [/quote]

Actually, one of the more common complaints I get is about spoilers that are not clearly labeled as such. I think what you have witnessed is less poster self-policing and more posters reporting spoilers and me removing them (frequently only to see them reposted and re-removed).

Regarding the post above asking whether the person would miss the story about China, I don't know. What I do know is that I wouldn't look forward to the squabbling that would result from moving or removing such a post.

We already have a significant number of users who absolutely refuse to post in any but the most popular forums because "nobody uses the others". The forum being proposed probably really would be one that nobody uses because I don't believe there are more than one or two posts that belong there on any given day. The arguments about a subjective issue like what is graphic and what is not will be endless.

One step those of you who don't like graphic posts can take is to stop posting to such threads yourself. Every time you post on the Maryland abuse thread in order to complain to the OP, you bump that thread right up to the top and make sure everyone gets to see it. Ignoring the thread will be a better strategy.
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