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=MarieChan:iconMarieChan: Apr 30, 2008, 4:35:13 AM
I know I suggested this once before, but really this is an abused feature to an extent. I've seen people who hide their comments right after making a remark, and unless you have the subscription you'll end up getting messages in your comment center that can't be viewed anyways. You might as well call this spam itself. I would understand wanting to hide lengthy comments, but the censorship here is ridiculous. There's people who end up lying and hiding all comments when found out on it- usually those who abuse this system have something to hide, and the ability to hide comments just aids them in deceiving other deviants.

At some time the ability to view hidden comments was relieving, because I knew then that the comments wouldn't get out of hand. If I saw a lot of hidden comments and I unhid a few to see they were the same thing then I could presume "Oh, someone flooded this person's page, probably /b/", but I could at least draw my own conclusion. Now my mind is riddled with what situation could have happened, all hidden behind these gray bars. Why can't we have the option to at least see?

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`timmy64:icontimmy64: Apr 30, 2008, 4:37:04 AM
I agree. I loathe and despise the current system.

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=MarieChan:iconMarieChan: Apr 30, 2008, 4:43:20 AM
Yeah, you think in an art community in general there wouldn't be this much censorship. There's no reason why comments should stay permanently hidden. It also doesn't do me good when someone says something and I try to counter the argument and then both comments are hidden so I can't quote for future reference.

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`timmy64:icontimmy64: Apr 30, 2008, 4:53:23 AM
And when people comment and run. Hiding it before it hits your inbox. Usually with subscribers I don't think you can even respond.

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=chrisbucks:iconchrisbucks: Apr 30, 2008, 4:53:33 AM
Admins can still see the comments, so even if they lie or say stupid stuff, then the admin can take appropriate action.

If /b/ flooded someones page, the ability to unhide comments might just add to it?

I do agree about the ability to see comments directed at you (in reply to your own) which get hidden.

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=MarieChan:iconMarieChan: Apr 30, 2008, 4:56:41 AM
Yeah, I can see comments in my inbox, but if they are hidden I can't reply to them and by then I am blocked

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98% of people don't give a shit about what the other 2% copied and pasted into their signiture c:
=MarieChan:iconMarieChan: Apr 30, 2008, 4:58:18 AM
Yeah, but admins seem to have not taken a lot of action these days unless someone says things like death threats and the like. I reported some people who openly told people fuck you over debates like abortion and said other rude things to the people on dA over it, and they said something about how controversial topics are going to bring controversial replies.

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!FizTheAncient:iconFizTheAncient: Apr 30, 2008, 5:13:27 AM
I agree. Most comments that I've seen hidden aren't malicious or spammy at all.

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=MarieChan:iconMarieChan: Apr 30, 2008, 5:41:32 AM
Yeah, like my innocent suggestion of what the length of a wolf's leg should be x:

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~tsukihanyou:icontsukihanyou: Apr 30, 2008, 6:15:27 AM
Yeah, I pretty much agree. I'm kind of sick of not being able to see it when someone replies to me.

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