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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I'm not sure what thread you were watching. Many times a thread is moved to the appropriate forum. If not moved to another forum, it may have been moved to the recycle bin, which is a registered users only forum we set up for threads that are off Muskie topic or are off the main path for any number of reasons but not beyond posting permissions. Also, keep in mind we get as many as 200 new posts a day on MuskieFIRST; threads move quickly off the first page if posting drops off. So usually when I get an email "Where did my post go?", I can find the thread and direct the person to that link.
If the entire thread is gone, it was weak content that was a source of what we call sniper activity, and became a liability to our overall content base. Deletion occurs right away if:
A personal attack
A product bash
An attack on a company
A politics or religion argument
An inappropriate subject matter
Just plain nothing of value to our visitors
is contained. Another scenario that will get a thread trashed is personal arguments between our visitors and snipers or a post with no other intent than to complain, not looking for assistance about a product, business, person or whatever.
If a thread with weak content value becomes a hotspot for the above, we usually lock it or move it to the recycle bin. If it's very high maintenance, and of no real value other than 'train wreck' it's gone. Overall, most folks get it pretty quickly. Some continually push the envelope, and as a result have quite a few posts removed. Look around the website, and you will find complaints and questions why we do not force everyone to register and use real names, complaining a post or thread WASN'T removed.
MuskieFIRST is growing very quickly still; we had what has to be a record day yesterday for overall traffic and are picking up about 20 new registered users a week. Busy place, and we want everyone to feel at home in this community as much as is possible.
The idea is to keep the FIRST boards as clean and free of the bickering, arguing, unfriendly banter, and weird off topic subject matter so common to many message boards so we can discuss our favorite pastime in a friendly atmosphere that encourages conversation and exchange of ideas. |
