Someone deleting posts in threads?

[adlep]

Heads up:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=29592102&posted=1#post29592102

People are complaining about disappearing posts...
I didn't do it.

 

[Tristicus]

I've seen this a few times in P&N too...

 

[Brainonska511]

I think they were just deleted because they were going to derail the thread into a P&N pissing contest.

 

[MotF Bane]

P&N style posts, good riddance.

 

[adlep]

It seems that my thread is gone now...
Why?

OK: Someone has deleted my post. It was not P&N. The thread was not the fault, it was few ass-hats who tried to derailed it.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Interesting, not long ago AT had a policy of never deleting posts or thread without an excellent reason.

 

[Evadman]

Someone has deleted my post. It was not P&N. The thread was not the fault, it was few ass-hats who tried to derailed it.

Unfortunately, we have to do that sometimes when a thread goes off like that. By the way, it isn't actually deleted. In fact, we can't delete it even if we wanted to, only a DBA can physically remove a thread or post. When you hear of a thread or post being deleted, that really means it was moved to a location that you can't see, only mods can.

That thread was "deleted" because it went way into P&N, and turned into an argument/discussion on the mods. That isn't appropriate for OT, so a mod "deleted" it. Unfortunatley, that means that the OP loses the thread.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

That thread was "deleted" because it went way into P&N, and turned into an argument/discussion on the mods. That isn't appropriate for OT, so a mod "deleted" it. Unfortunatley, that means that the OP loses the thread.

Couldn't it just be locked?

 

[Evadman]

Couldn't it just be locked?

Depending on how bad it is, yes. It is a judgment call by the mod. I would have "deleted" this one too, so I agree with what happened with it.