ChinRey Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Does anybody happen to know what could cause a long and elaborate discussion that was rather hefty but appeared to be well within the TOS and other rules for this forum to just vanish all of a sudden?Just to avoid a possible misunderstanding: This has absolutely nothing to do with anything that might have happened on the forum right now. It's purely a general, hypotetical, theoretical question. I would just hate to spend time and effort writing a long reply only to see it vanish after a few hours so it would be nice to have some guidelines which discussions we should avoid wasting time on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Oh I see which one. And such a good one, too. My contributions were really brilliant and it is too bad they were not preserved for all time. :smileysad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Faulds Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Wonder why that discussion was removed? As far as I could tell it was very civil and had a lot of good info for new residents in it.....shrugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syo Emerald Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 No idea. But generally "they" do as "they" want. At least nobody got shot in the knee this time (or at least that I know of). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinRey Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Bobbie Faulds wrote: Wonder why that discussion was removed? Not sure which discussion you and Pamela are thinking of. I was just posting a general question with no reference or relation to any actual incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinRey Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Syo Emerald wrote: No idea. But generally "they" do as "they" want. That's not true! There is no censorship on this forum and any post that suggests otherwise will be removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I find it helpful to believe that, contrary to the evidence, my posts are read and appreciated. So long as you believe this, it doesn't matter if they vanish the moment you post them. It's all up to you, ChinRey! ;-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 ChinRey wrote: Syo Emerald wrote: No idea. But generally "they" do as "they" want. That's not true! There is no censorship on this forum and any post that suggests otherwise will be removed. :matte-motes-zipped: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinRey Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Madelaine McMasters wrote: I find it helpful to believe that, contrary to the evidence, my posts are read and appreciated. Aww, Madelaine, I always appreciate your posts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Madelaine McMasters wrote: I find it helpful to believe that, contrary to the evidence, my posts are read and appreciated. So long as you believe this, it doesn't matter if they vanish the moment you post them. Faith is a wonderful thing. An affirmation: I too appreciate your posts, Maddy, especially the ones that vanish the moment you post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Qie Niangao wrote: Madelaine McMasters wrote: I find it helpful to believe that, contrary to the evidence, my posts are read and appreciated. So long as you believe this, it doesn't matter if they vanish the moment you post them. Faith is a wonderful thing. An affirmation: I too appreciate your posts, Maddy, especially the ones that vanish the moment you post them. ChinRey wrote: Madelaine McMasters wrote: I find it helpful to believe that, contrary to the evidence, my posts are read and appreciated. Aww, Madelaine, I always appreciate your posts! What would I do without you two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinRey Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Madelaine McMasters wrote: What would I do without you two? Oh but you have so many other admirers too. Just ask Snugs for example! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snugs McMasters Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 ChinRey wrote: Madelaine McMasters wrote: What would I do without you two? Oh but you have so many other admirers too. Just ask Snugs for example! She knows better than to ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinRey Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Snugs McMasters wrote: She knows better See? Even Snugs admits it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Faulds Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I've always loved Madelaine's replies. Like the one that had the comic strip she did inworld. That was epic and funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic Aeon Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 While my discussion from a couple of days ago wasn't removed. I had four posts to that discussion disappear yesterday. These were all mesh upload and physics posts so nothing very TOS related *wink*. This was all during a few hour timespan as I was testing and even the redo of a missing post disappeared. I assumed that there were issues with the forum database. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinRey Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 On a serious note, I have received inworld replies to my posts here before, sometimes from people who wanted to discuss matters in more detail than what is possible here, sometimes from people uncomfortable with forum posting in general. I have never before got an IM from somebody who flatly stated they didn't dare post what they wanted to say on the forum. I do actually agree with Pamela and Bobbie that any threads that may have mysteriously disappeared from the forum recently were relatively trivial. The general principle however, isn't. I have decided to report this thread to the moderators myself, asking them to clarify. They may of course decide to delete the thres but that's ok. Madelaine now knows how much we all love her - as if there were ever any doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Torvalar Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Threads get deleted when there is obvious reference to; i) moderation practises eg freedom of speech, or ii) the exercise of POOP becomes glaringly obvious so as not to be able to dismiss it as harmless, eg "If you don't like it get the f*&^ ou!", or iii) the agents of POOP have succeeded in having the offending ideas suppressed. I wouldn't expect a response to your query but that is just my experience, so take that fwiw. You shouldn't want to attract too much attention to yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Torvalar Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solaria Goldshark Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 "They" Live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solaria Goldshark Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 ChinRey wrote: Does anybody happen to know what could cause a long and elaborate discussion.........? ....I believe they rarely ever get started around here anymore. More often than not the General "discussion" format gets hijacked by a multitude of complaints, help me's, and "what happened to my stuffs" threads.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Solaria Goldshark wrote: ChinRey wrote: Does anybody happen to know what could cause a long and elaborate discussion.........? ....I believe they rarely ever get started around here anymore. More often than not the General "discussion" format gets hijacked by a multitude of complaints, help me's, and "what happened to my stuffs" threads.. That's what makes it all the more egregious that when an interesting one does arise, it disappears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hexem Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I suspect someone got upset and reported one of the posts, which almost inevitably gets the whole thread deleted instead of the specifically reported post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinRey Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Chic Aeon wrote: While my discussion from a couple of days ago wasn't removed. I had four posts to that discussion disappear yesterday. These were all mesh upload and physics posts so nothing very TOS related *wink*. You never know. Chic Aeon wrote: I assumed that there were issues with the forum database. In your case, yes probably. I had something similar happen to a post long ago. Somebody asked how to make the ❤ symbol so I posted a link to unicode-table.com. That post was gone within a few hours and I can't for my life imagine it could have possibly offended anybody, esepcially since somebody else posted the same link later in the same thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinRey Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Gadget Portal wrote: I suspect someone got upset and reported one of the posts, which almost inevitably gets the whole thread deleted instead of the specifically reported post... Hmmmm, you mean anybody can provoke the takedown of a whole thread simply by posting a single offensive reply in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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