dieseldave:
Winseer:
It seems that Facebook has received complaints from various loony left tossers that are using the complaints procedure for “having my account deleted”.
I would ask where I stand on this board with regards to “demands to produce my personal ID - or have my account closed”.
I write this as an open request to the moderators of this board please…
If my accounts are about to be deleted everywhere, because I refuse point-blank to be a conformist and hand over my personal data - then let’s go out with a bang. 
Hi Winseer,
There’s no need for such drama on TN. 
As Rikki has said, we don’t ask for proof of ID and I’ll add that it’s extremely rare that TN deletes anybody’s posting account.
Let’s have a look at the bigger picture and do a comparison…
For the most part, it seems to me that FB doesn’t do very much by way of moderation, so I’d imagine that most other people would have realised that too. It also seems to me that it therefore automatically follows that a poster on FB should be careful what they choose to say or to get involved in.
The law of the jungle is that posters sometimes have to take responsibility for what they post, otherwise various wolves will get them in various ways.
BTW, that’s non-judgemental, it’s just an observation of the way it is.
On the other hand, TN does what it says on the can.
It’s a truckers’ forum.
The idea is that its focus is on all matters trucking-related.
Within that, there are various sub-headings such as Newbies and Euro etc, but TRUCKING RELATED.
You’ll probably be aware that TN is moderated in a completely different way to FB, and that’ll be quite simply due to choices made by the management of the two. There’s no right or wrong here. TN has focus, that’s why we move/delete non-trucking stuff or pre-mod those who can’t read (or don’t understand) what it says at the top of the main forum index page.
There are various places out there on the Net where a person can freely post various things, but TN isn’t one of them.
Focus should not be confused with censorship, they are completely different animals.
It’s all quite simple really, cos the guideline is that TN does what it says on the can and the rest belongs elsewhere!!
Thanks for taking the trouble to point this stuff out.
I’m impressed by the policy here of “No personal attacks allowed” either. In a way, what is happening to me on FB right now is a “Personal Attack” in the form of “Let’s all hit the report button, and get rid of this senior who keeps throwing our own arguments back in our faces”. Meanwhile, I don’t attack individuals, and I avoid using swear words, even though as you say FB doesn’t moderate or censor them out.
On another note, it’s a shame that I couldn’t have been a bit more entertaining when having a beer-glasses rant once in a while. 
