Members reporting posts in my group

oatmeal said:

Now usually this feature is a good thing. Once in a while, members will report posts to me. I can then decide to keep it or delete the post and/or the poster.

But I have a different strategy. What if member reporting posts actually helps me to remove the members I DON'T want in my group? So instead of deleting the post and the original poster, I delete the member who reported it because it obviously tells me something about them

What I mean is, we are only talking about differences in opinions and beliefs. Nothing that is being posted in my group is really awful like celebrating dead kitties, or hate speech towards someone, or pictures of abuse, etc. Obviously I would be deleting stuff like that. But in my group, I don't allow anyone to post. Every post has to be moderated by me and approved.

So when I approve of the posts, that means it's in line with what I deem to be acceptable and consistent with my views. But lots of members might not agree and then they report the post to me lol.

In this instance, I realize, they just exposed themselves to me as members that could be problematic for me. So this could help me just delete them from my group.

For example, if my group is about loving Donald Trump and I allow a posts that are pro Trump and then certain member in my group reports this post...they just exposed themselves as anti-Trump that somehow got in my group and maybe I want to just weed them all out?

As the owner of the group, do I have the right to just start deleting and banning/blocking members of the group I don't want? I know it sounds kinda authoritarian and dictator-like....but I only made my group to attract certain types of people I want and the others that do not fit well with my groups beliefs or views, should stay out. Is this ok for me to do or is there some kind of "group protest" that members that go kicked out can report my group to facebook for review and possibly have my group shut down for kicking out so many people (being discriminatory)?

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Magia11 said:

how many members have the gruop? i understand what do you do, but thinks that strategy is very dificult to do in a big group! Maybe your post are sow offense

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TheVigilante said:

Why not have difference of opinions though?

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Pavan Teja 1 said:

Let me tell you an interesting story.

Japanese fishermen used to go deep into the ocean to catch fish. By the time they reach the coast, almost all the fish are dead. The customers used to complain that the fish don't taste good. They applied a strategy to carry a large fish tank in the ship to keep the fish alive. This sounds like a good plan but the fish are overcrowded in the tank and used to remain motionless. Although they are alive, their taste changed and the customers complained again. Now they've realized that keeping the fish alive is not the solution but they need to have a competitive environment where fish constantly move. They achieved it easily by introducing a shark into the tank. Although the shark eats a few fish, all others keep moving. The fish tasted exactly like normal ones putting an end to their problem.

Now, the forums or groups work in a similar way. This is the reason most social media platforms allow hate speech, threats, abusive comments etc. They just act like they've not noticed it and ignore reports as if they are busy. This creates a dynamic situation making users come up with counter arguments. If you remove the shark out of the fish tank, it becomes stagnant unless there is an alternative to keep them engaged.

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Pavan Teja 1 said:

Let me tell you an interesting story.

Japanese fishermen used to go deep into the ocean to catch fish. By the time they reach the coast, almost all the fish are dead. The customers used to complain that the fish don't taste good. They applied a strategy to carry a large fish tank in the ship to keep the fish alive. This sounds like a good plan but the fish are overcrowded in the tank and used to remain motionless. Although they are alive, their taste changed and the customers complained again. Now they've realized that keeping the fish alive is not the solution but they need to have a competitive environment where fish constantly move. They achieved it easily by introducing a shark into the tank. Although the shark eats a few fish, all others keep moving. The fish tasted exactly like normal ones putting an end to their problem.

Now, the forums or groups work in a similar way. This is the reason most social media platforms allow hate speech, threats, abusive comments etc. They just act like they've not noticed it and ignore reports as if they are busy. This creates a dynamic situation making users come up with counter arguments. If you remove the shark out of the fish tank, it becomes stagnant unless there is an alternative to keep them engaged.

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