Advise If A Thread Commented On Gets Removed Please 😣

DoaM

mgdavid said:

Catsacor said:

It's poor form 😣
When posters are asked to be polite the message goes both ways - the 'overseers' need to use some of this politeness too 😣 

No; I disagree. It's their ballgame, their ball, their rules, even if they make them up as they go along. If one doesn't like the way they play then one needs to go and play elsewhere. As users of a free forum we have no entitlement.

Just my opinion.

It might not be the best approach to take given that they depend on ad revenue to keep them running, which means they depend on the volume of people using the forum, but .... you're 100% correct.

Misslayed

There are no ads on MSE. Some links generate income, but each user chooses whether to click on that link or not. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/site/moneysavingexpert-finance/

[Deleted User]

mgdavid said:

Catsacor said:

It's poor form 😣
When posters are asked to be polite the message goes both ways - the 'overseers' need to use some of this politeness too 😣 

No; I disagree. It's their ballgame, their ball, their rules, even if they make them up as they go along. If one doesn't like the way they play then one needs to go and play elsewhere. As users of a free forum we have no entitlement.

Just my opinion.

Just because it’s the house rules does not mean you can’t criticise. 

DoaM

Misslayed said:

There are no ads on MSE. Some links generate income, but each user chooses whether to click on that link or not. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/site/moneysavingexpert-finance/

Thanks for the correction. It doesn't change the thrust of my comment though - fewer users = fewer potential clicks = lower revenue. The more the forum annoys the user-base the more likely there is to be an impact on revenue.

sarah1972

Catsacor said:

I commented on a thread a day or so ago and when i returned to find follow up answers/comments on it it had disappeared.

Site Mods - instead of just making that thread disappear a little courtesy would be appreciated and tell the commenters (via an inbox message) that you have felt it necessary to remove it for whatever reason, do not just remove it with no notice; very bad form, a little politeness please. 

There are no site mods, there is the forum team and us BG's.
Unfortunately if a thread is deleted, it would be extremely hard to inbox every commenter as that could be hundreds on some posts. 

Threads can be moved for a variety of reasons and its not always possible to explain them all. If there is a particular thread that has been deleted, you could email the forum team and see if they can help with why its been deleted . 

Herzlos

duncanthedog said:

You have got to be kidding!

To start with there are no mods on this site
Some threads have been running for weeks if not longer and have hundreds of contributors before they get removed.
Removal of threads has been going on for years, just scroll down this board and check out how many times it has been asked "Why was ******* removed" and how many times it was answered by MSE.
I am not defending MSE, I don't like it when a thread that I have contributed to is removed but that is the way of live forums.

Other forums I've been on move threads into an oubliette, so you can see that it's moved but can't view the thread.

Currently you can be contributing to a thread, go for a coffee and then can't find it again. If you left it a few days you'd never be sure if it was gone or you just couldn't find it.

J_B

Herzlos said:

Other forums I've been on move threads into an oubliette, so you can see that it's moved but can't view the thread.

Every day's a school day. 😊

oubliette

/ˌuːblɪˈɛt/

noun

noun: oubliette; plural noun: oubliettes

a secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling.

Pyxis

J_B said:

Herzlos said:

Other forums I've been on move threads into an oubliette, so you can see that it's moved but can't view the thread.

Every day's a school day. 😊

oubliette

/ˌuːblɪˈɛt/

noun

noun: oubliette; plural noun: oubliettes

a secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling.

Yes, they would throw people into them and just leave them to die of thirst/hunger, etc. 

The people would be forgotten about. 
"Oublier" .........French for "to forget".