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Originally Posted by delta69
It would be nice if we received some feedback when posts are deleted. Otherwise we're left wondering what we did that was inappropriate.
Two of my posts were deleted today, leaving me scratching my head. I have no problem with the forum, or the fact that it is policed according to particular guidelines. And I really try to be appropriate and adjust my postings when I learn that I've crossed a line. But the general effect of an unexplained post-removal is to discourage me from posting anything.
That said, I assume that the moderation is done by volunteers and I recognize that responding to every issue and inappropriate posting would take a lot of time and effort. The lack of feedback isn't going to drive me away.
(It would be embarrassingly funny if there was something else going on--say a delay in posts appearing. But I'm pretty sure I saw one of my posts soon after posting it. And I can't even find one of the threads at all now.)
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I can't speak to the first deleted post, but as to the missing thread, where one of my posts also disappeared, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts it was found to have violated the no-pro rule, in that the first woman posted turned out to be pro, after which the person responding to point that out then asked about another woman, who (and I must confess, it was my post that was responsible) was also found to be pro. Your post, saying you thought the rule could stand to be bent or abandoned, however debate-worthy its point, was collateral damage in the removal of a thread that, frankly, was a non-starter from the get-go.
There's another point, too, that relates to your concession that "...responding to every issue and inappropriate posting would take a lot of time and effort...": not only is that quite true, but it seems that recently, I suspect due in no small part to issues with having sufficient resources to monitor effectively, there's even less chance to get most or even many questions about deletions answered; I'd recommend patience, and even pitching in by individual members when possible, either by supplying answers in lieu of moderators (as, I hope, here), or by reporting possible violations to moderators...