disappearing posts

[diyisfree]

I replied to a post earlier today and received an email telling me someone had replied to the post i had..

I clicked on the link in the e mail an it says " Post doesn't exist" Eh ??

Whats going on

Here is the link that came in the mail

http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=475099#475099

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This most often happens if the original post is by a spammer, or is a duplicate, or if the thread gets abusive and stops being useful.

M.R.
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[oilman]

............. or if the thread gets abusive .........

Lots of people find abuse useful, esp the diy type.

 

[diyisfree]

Ah ok explination accepted...

Took me ages to find the picture of the stair case i did as well

 

[Softus]

Ah ok explination accepted...

Took me ages to find the picture of the stair case i did as well

This is why indiscriminate deletion is such a pain in the a*se. I've lost count of the number of times I've suggested that locking AND EXPLAINING is a better method of moderating, but the reply tends to be a stony silence.

 

[moderator]

 

[Softus]

<tumbleweed>

No - that's a roaring silence.

 

[Onetap]

Whats going on

Some people get abusive and ruin the thread

It was a great shame the 'Corgi Olympics' thread was removed.
I found it educational, quite horrifying in fact, and I've been in Engineering for some 25 years. Some of the loud Corgi chaps got defensive abusive and it was deleted. A shame, but I'd already saved some of it.

If you do a Google search, for the relevant terms and "diynot" you'll often be able to retrieve the cached version

Like this;
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cach...756+"corgi+olympics"&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=1

 

[securespark]

It was a great shame the 'Corgi Olympics' thread was removed.

What, a load of dogs taking part in sporting events?