The case of the disappearing threads ?!?!

[Dr_Pain]

Am I the only one to have noticed that a few recent threads just disappeared, without due process?

I understand that AGO is a privately owned and operated forum with its own specific rules and regulations that are not protected by the first amendment (freedom of speech), but for sake of understanding what is acceptable to AGO (or not), there should be some form of warning or censorship with some description of why a comment was deleted or why a thread was closed.

I participated in a couple of threads yesterday that may have been interpreted as controversial (although they did not break the rule) and I came in this morning to check on updates and the threads are GONE! I contacted one of the OP and he said that it is gone (without warning or notification) and he mentioned that another one of his thread was also "abducted by aliens"

Are we dealing with a unilateral clean up effort on the part of our moderators or is this one of those "the forum monster ate the thread" thing?

A little feedback from our moderators would be appreciated, so we know where to stand and what happened to those threads.

[Dr_Pain]

No need to reply! I got my answer in a private message.

[zmcgovern45]

PM from a moderator? If so, mind sharing?

[erichaley]

There's definitely one thread from early yesterday morning that didn't deserve any "due process"...

[FUNX650]

A little feedback from our moderators would be appreciated, so we know where to stand and what happened to those threads

No need to reply! I got my answer in a private message.

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I realize I needed not to reply...
But could you relate from whence the PM came?
If not...I understand. Completely.
Either way: Thanks.


Sometimes posts of mine disappear/'are-rearranged'...
But I've always received a very acceptable explanation as to: Why?


NOTE:
It probably goes without saying, But:
In my case, even beforehand, I know this is usually one the reasons: Why?






Bob

[Nick McKees37]

Am I the only one to have noticed that a few recent threads just disappeared, without due process?

When multiple posts are reported from the same thread, we temporarily move the thread until the moderators can discuss what to do with it. If the thread went too far off topic and an excessive amount of content needs to be removed before it can be made public again, we typically leave it in the Moderator's Forum, out of sight from the public but not deleted. If the thread can be cleaned up without removing a fair amount of posts, then we do so before making it public again.

A lot of forums run wild and are poorly moderated - that's not the case with AGO. We try our best to keep everyone happy.

[tuscarora dave]

I realize I needed not to reply...
But could you relate from whence the PM came?
If not...I understand. Completely.
Either way: Thanks.


Sometimes posts of mine disappear/'are-rearranged'...
But I've always received a very acceptable explanation as to: Why?


NOTE:
It probably goes without saying, But:
In my case, even beforehand, I know this is usually one the reasons: Why?






Bob

LOL!!

Bob, anytime I'm trying to push away from this computer and get to work...but...see that you've replied to a thread...any thread that is...I can't help but to click the little red arrow and see what you've replied with.

Most of the time I am glad I did because I have something to ponder, the rest of the time, I'm glad because your witty analogies, pictures, riddles and or sense of humor in general intrigues me.

[ihaveacamaro]

LOL!!

Bob, anytime I'm trying to push away from this computer and get to work...but...see that you've replied to a thread...any thread that is...I can't help but to click the little red arrow and see what you've replied with.

Most of the time I am glad I did because I have something to ponder, the rest of the time, I'm glad because your witty analogies, pictures, riddles and or sense of humor in general intrigues me.

I've said it before and I say it again and again, Bob, you are my favorite person on any forum, bar none!

[tuscarora dave]

A lot of forums run wild and are poorly moderated - that's not the case with AGO. We try our best to keep everyone happy.

No doubt about that...That kind of stuff is what turned me off to the last home away from I had in detailing discussion forums. I pretty much came here looking for something better and found it.

Now that DetailCity has become Autopiaforums and is now sponsored and moderated through professional competency and not through emotion and fear of certain products being upstaged...it's also a great place to post.

Oh my!!! Is that resentment still lingering deep within me somewhere??!! Perhaps my thinking out loud has gone too far....?.. Uhm???Ah???

[BlackHawk]

When multiple posts are reported from the same thread, we temporarily move the thread until the moderators can discuss what to do with it.

What do you mean by this? Reported for what? If someone posts their opinion on here and no one else agrees with it, is it going to get removed because everyone reports it?