Thread ostracism

[BLUNT]

Yesterday I started a (light-hearted) thread about what a bad day the US stock market had in the "off topic" section. I even managed to work in some "It's a Wonderful Life" movie quotes. Sometime between last night and today it was removed. I reviewed the forum rules carefully before starting the thread. Just wondering why it was removed, banished, never to be heard from again??????


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[Beta Man]

It's a combination of things...... The Moderators are jealous (and rightly so) of our beloved Red Wings, and also they have a deep hatred for Jimmy Stewart for unknown reasons......

[DetroitSportsFan]

It's because the talk was beginning to turn political, so they closed it before things got out of hand.

[BLUNT]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

It's a combination of things...... The Moderators are jealous (and rightly so) of our beloved Red Wings, and also they have a deep hatred for Jimmy Stewart for unknown reasons......

So in other words. We're marked men.
Go Wings (To be deleted.)
martyrs: (mods)???????
(Trying to) Be careful with using humor as it can be easily misinterpreted.

[BLUNT]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

It's because the talk was beginning to turn political, so they closed it before things got out of hand.

Well that makes sense. but dont they have a way to delete indevidual posts without closing the whole thread. I see all kinds of posts skew into all sorts of different crazy directions here. The thread, when started, had no political leanings.

[Gremal]

Originally Posted by BLUNT

The thread, when started, had no political leanings.

But it invites replies that do.

[BLUNT]

Originally Posted by Gremal

But it invites replies that do.

Really? I guess you can say that about almost anything. I personally dont see the correlation but as it turns out you were right (I guess)........ I never saw what the responses were beyond the first couple posts.

[dobyblue]

I would suggest PM'ing a mod to ask them who edited the thread (nothing gets completely deleted, only moved) and then you can ask specifically that mod.

No point in starting a thread to ask why a thread was deleted, that's never constructive.

[BLUNT]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

I would suggest PM'ing a mod to ask them who edited the thread (nothing gets completely deleted, only moved) and then you can ask specifically that mod.

No point in starting a thread to ask why a thread was deleted, that's never constructive.

Right. Thanks for the advice. Lets think of this as my selfish attempt to find out how I broke the rules and find out why a thread I started got deleted. I didnt know a better way to ask than to start a new thread in the Feedback forum where the mods check to answer this sort of question.
I thought that a mod that might know why it got closed might see my question and answer. not just suggest better ways to ask.

[Wondermaker]

You started a thread supposedly about the stock market, which consisted mostly of Wonderful Life quotes and silliness. Some replied with (unrelated) fluff, while others posted serious economic dissertations, which were then block-quoted by you in replies with basically an "I agree" and a slew of smilies.

The topic was pointless, post-whorish, and yes... wandering into political territory, etc. as well.

[JJ]

Originally Posted by Wondermaker

You started a thread supposedly about the stock market, which consisted mostly of Wonderful Life quotes and silliness. Some replied with (unrelated) fluff, while others posted serious economic dissertations, which were then block-quoted by you in replies with basically an "I agree" and a slew of smilies.

The topic was pointless, post-whorish, and yes... wandering into political territory, etc. as well.

Ma'am, I suspect you might as well lock this thread, that last statement might incite a whole slew of deragotory backslash commentary from many forum members.

[ThePhantomOak]

Originally Posted by Wondermaker

while others posted serious economic dissertations

hahahahahahahaha

Anyway, the worst thing to do is start to question MOD's publicly. They are just like us, only they have to police the forum (a ***** to do, and I dont like it personally) AND be fair. They are just trying to do the best for the forums, and so they deserve to be questioned in private

Iceman and WickyWoo have been good at answering PM's, and they normally will explain the reason (ie, it might not be written in the rules, but it is a grey area that they protect the forum from. pehaps A person with a few posts will be treated a little more critically than a person with 1000.)



Anyway, I would just let it go (why bother them over something so little). If it means a lot to you, contact them.

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by ThePhantomOak

Anyway, the worst thing to do is start to question MOD's publicly. They are just like us, only they have to police the forum (a ***** to do, and I dont like it personally) AND be fair. They are just trying to do the best for the forums, and so they deserve to be questioned in private.

[JJ]

Originally Posted by ThePhantomOak

Iceman and WickyWoo are good at answering PMs, and they will normally explain the reason (i.e., it might not be written in the rules, but it is a grey area that they protect the forum from. Perhaps a person with a few posts will be treated a little more critically than a person with 1000.)

Quite the opposite, my friend, just to clear up. A person with 1000 posts is treated far more critically than one with a few, and someone with 3000+ posts is suspended almost immediately,

We are expected to know the rules as we age, hence the drop in leniency that comes with account age and post number. I.e., if we were to both commit the same serious infraction (say, volatile swearing), you'd be suspended for a week, I'd be banned for a month. I say this from experience - personal or that of compatriots. Just had to clear up that one little thing.

And as for the Sharon Stone pic, where's the rest of it? Can't ban yourself, Deci, it's ok,

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by JJxiv1215

Can't ban yourself, Deci, it's ok,

no but I'll get him. j/k