Stop deleting threads!

Shortly after posting here, my Tesla referral signature was deleted by Admin. Of course, mine seems to be the only one that was actually deleted. Coincidence I'm sure.

My own rererral signature is the only one I am aware that had been deleted when last I checked the forum after you PMd me.

I commented here because another poster replied to me.

Rules are fine, but it is obvious to most people that mods delete posts and threads very often for spurious reasons where no rules have been broken. I created a thread about a recent fatal RTA earlier this month and commented on how the driver of a truck involved in he accident has to live with consequences of actions outside of his control. A mod/admin deleted it, citing that it was inappropriate or disrespectful to create the thread. Although I have seen dozens of similar threads discussing such accidents over the years, it is my thread that got his attention and not for the first time. Zero point in discussing with the mod, as it goes nowhere. No rules broken, but the thread was deleted anyway because the mod didn't like it. Can't bring it higher up, because the whole thing, including the comments from others was removed from the site.

Mods are undermining themselves every time they do this.

Oh! that's alright then! Nothing to see here at all, everything's rosy in the garden.

You always do this Beasty, a "gotcha" for the complainant to make the complaint go away, but absolutely nothing to say about the behaviour of the mod and their mate the "regional cmod".

As I said, no "normal" user would get this favour done for them by anyone in the heirarchy. That mod was definitely trolling in that thread, but no, the thread is closed after they have a little whinge about people pointing out how ridiculous they are being and no further action taken.

Zero times, because other reports I've made recently, in another forum, have gone ignored, and the outcome on that thread shows what the outcome would have been anyway.

Another "gotcha" Beasty. And absolutely no reference to what actually happened.

Which is that a mod has become upset because a thread didn't go well for them, and they were ridiculed for a ridiculous post. Got their mates in the heirarchy (Cmod, Admin, whatever) to shut the thread down on a whim, and even when a CMod is looking at the thread - no action then either. Did the CMod just close the thread at the request of their mate the mod? Did they not look through the thread? How many other users would have the facility to post in a thread, or make a report or however they contacted the powers that be, to have a thread they don't like summarily shut down without even a note from the CMod/Admin doing the closing?

Anything in there to "gotcha" me about, or are you just not in the mood for answering questions?

Stock reply incoming.....

Did the mod who got the thread closed go through established procedures? The answer to that is no, they had strings pulled because they were embarrassed, a facility open to no normal user.

Once again Beasty, you are hiding behind red tape to avoid answering legitimate questions. Gotcha!!!

What would you have me do now? Go and report the posts and wait for nothing to happen? Will I give it a week before coming back here? should I DM the CMod who summarily closed the thread and just accept the handwaving they come out with?

It's quite obvious what's going on here - you are abusing red tape and "procedure" in an attempted evasion of anyone daring to question a pretty nefarious incident.

No normal user would get this action done for them, so saying that this mod is just a user in that forum is not really true, now is it?

You love hiding away, apart from when you can slap people down. And that is standard procedure from you.

If I do go down the report/DM Cmod route I can almost guarantee the outcome of that - I'll be called a timewaster/timesink and again, nothing will be done to actually address the issue.

Nothing to see here, nothing happened, it's all good.

Not only that, but a select few can short-circuit the "procedure" and whinge about something to get it summarily shut down.

I reported posts in another forum what were very obviously shilling, and verging in trolling. Zero done. And it's pretty obvious why too.

There is definitely a "them and us" thing now, with the mods and other people associated with the heirarchy allowed to do things, get away with things, outside of "procedure" and the way to shut down complaints and feedback about it is to tell the "them" to follow procedure.

Happened in one of the property threads too. A mod started pretending he knew everything about the law on the subject and it was pointed out by a fair few people how wrong he was, with proof. His comments actually were really stupid tbh, but he wasnt about to be wrong. It must have been terribly embarrassing for him. Thread deleted.

I never reported it. I doubt anyone did. It was just funny. Couldnt be bothered reporting it. Much like crimes in Dublin - just wasting your own time reporting them.

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Hi @awec

Just wondering, since your post on the 30th August (today being the 3rd of October) if you've had a chance to look into this particular issue, and what, if anything, have you found?

You've asked that people bear with you, that implies that there is an expectation that you would come back to this thread and update the users with anything you've found out.

Didn't realise you were doing it to satisfy yourself?

Did anyone honestly expect anything else? Nothing is going to change,so best to just drop it,do not feed their egos