Question about deleting posts on public forum (not AT)

[superant23]

Hi,

On a certain forum which will remain unnamed, the moderators seem to delete posts such as reviews of equipment by manufacturers that aren't site sponsors. This is a public forum for something like computers and has general public forums just like AnandTech. If I happened to be one of those manufacturers, is there anything I can do about posts being deleted?

 

[minendo]

It's their board. They can run it how they want.

 

[FoBoT]

yes, there is

buy the web site and then don't delete your own stuff

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: minendo
It's their board. They can run it how they want.

Yep, it's not really ever a public forum. They are privately owned.


Believe it or not, we actually discussed a similar situation a few months ago.

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[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: minendo
It's their board. They can run it how they want.

 

[aswedc]

take your case to the public and if they are being unfair, they'll have to deal with the public pressure to shape up

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: minendo
It's their board. They can run it how they want.

Yep although the forums are accessible by the public, they are publically owned.

Just like the Anandtech forums, it's a PRIVATELY owned and managed forum, the owners can do what they see fit.