Forum censoring procedures?

[tuan_nguyen]

Yesterday I posted my initial impression of gOS as a distribution while posting some honest opinions on what I think about the project as not being particularly unique Linux distro etc. The comments did not shed a positive light on gOS or even Google as an FOSS contributor. I now checked back, somehow expecting replies arguing why gOS is great etc., as maybe I missed something important while testing the system. In case I was wrong in saying there is nothing special about gOS, then surely, as may be expected in any open-for-opinion forum, the discussion would continue and prove me wrong. Instead, my post appears to have simply been deleted.

[admin]

Just to make it clear, we only censor/delete posts on this site that are 1) Spam and 2) Insensitive/Improper.

Spam posts are always obvious. Insensitive/improper posts are ones that contain morally demeaning or suggestive comments, usually concerned with name-calling, excessive foul language (trolls). Outside of that, you are free to post whatever you want.

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[tech9]

Yesterday I posted my initial impression of gOS as a distribution while posting some honest opinions on what I think about the project as not being particularly unique Linux distro etc. The comments did not shed a positive light on gOS or even Google as an FOSS contributor. I now checked back, somehow expecting replies arguing why gOS is great etc., as maybe I missed something important while testing the system. In case I was wrong in saying there is nothing special about gOS, then surely, as may be expected in any open-for-opinion forum, the discussion would continue and prove me wrong. Instead, my post appears to have simply been deleted.

Your post more than likely was deleted, due to fowl/obscene language.

DO NOT use profanities and your posts will not be deleted!

Tech9

[tuan_nguyen]

There were no fowl, obscene or profane language in my original post, that is not my style. However, the post contained opinions which could not have painted a rosy picture on gOS and Google's involvement (if any). That is perhaps what was considered "insensitive/improper" or simply unnecessary, prompting a maintainer to delete the post. Or maybe the post was deleted by system error or a strictly configured filter, although it appeared a short while.

That said, gOS is not a distro that I will have use of, so I won't be installing it or post any further negative commentary here either. I may however check a future release, and if that has more to offer, I'll try and remember to post some positive commentary then

[tech9]

my apologies if I mistook you for someone else.

It could have been a system problem as well. I also noticed a few other posts that disappeared that are valid non-spam posts.

There are a lot of spammers and fowl mouth people that hit our forums, I have to moderate them accordingly.

hope to see you around in the future.

T9

[mahjongg]

Tuan, we here are just fans of gOS, but not "fanboys", we can take any kind of positive critique, as long as it not obvious trolling, which wasn't what your initial post felt like (I saw it), it was more you saying "meh..", thats OK, just your opinion.

We are not (and GoodOS isn't AFAIK) in any way directly dependent, related or supported by Google. But I totally get why some people might think so.

I still think that gOS has a bit lower "threshold" for new Linux users (coming from Win*ows) than regular Ubuntu, but the difference is getting smaller with newer versions of gOS (the latest GOS is no two generations behind the latest Ubuntu), unfortunately GoodOS seems to be on a long "sabattical" or something, we don''t know, a newer version is long due.

[nightbirdsf]

I still think that gOS has a bit lower "threshold" for new Linux users (coming from Win*ows) than regular Ubuntu, but the difference is getting smaller with newer versions of gOS (the latest GOS is no two generations behind the latest Ubuntu), unfortunately GoodOS seems to be on a long "sabattical" or something, we don''t know, a newer version is long due.

gOS is built on the LTS (long term support) version of Ubuntu from April '08. These are put out every couple of years. I think the next LTS version will be the one coming out next month. As for GoodOS, they seem moribund, with their last tweet from May 2009. I'm sad about that, but at least their web server is still up so we can download ISOs of 3.1 SP1.

[mahjongg]

I don't think they are moribund, they seem to keep a "radio silence", silently I hope they were just "hijacked" by Google to work on Chrome OS, as their "cloud OS" has a remarkable similarity with that OS, and many of the GoodOS employees have been Google employees at one time. Maybe they suddenly "pup up" again. In any case there was never an official announcement they were closing up shop, and as you said the website is still open, and it has been almost a year since the last "signs of life". In any case its a bit bizarre that they all seem to have vanished, If they just went on to "greener pastures" we would have has some sign of it by now.

[LinuXFroG]

I don't think they are moribund, they seem to keep a "radio silence", silently I hope they were just "hijacked" by Google to work on Chrome OS, as their "cloud OS" has a remarkable similarity with that OS, and many of the GoodOS employees have been Google employees at one time. Maybe they suddenly "pup up" again. In any case there was never an official announcement they were closing up shop, and as you said the website is still open, and it has been almost a year since the last "signs of life". In any case its a bit bizarre that they all seem to have vanished, If they just went on to "greener pastures" we would have has some sign of it by now.

I agree with what ya say. However, I do think that the gOS devs sold out Cloud OS to Google and are now bound by contract to keep hush hush about it. Also, if they did make a "return" just to announce the "death" of gOS, that would also violate their contract. So it is best to keep quiet and let it die.

Google has very STRICT contracts.