Why do my threads get deleted? may be if you like me hit the back button that do it,if you click " Giveaway of the Day Forums " or " General discussion " you be ok.

No1

I've gone back through the deleted topics/posts and found what I think might be the post you are referring to.

(referring to having a placeholder or graphic - when no giveaway is available for that day)??

I assume the topic may have been removed as 'Monday' had come and gone - and the announcement was no longer relevant. Your post in the middle was probably caught in the crossfire.

However - I believe your suggestion certainly has some merit - I also have to hunt around for the link to the blog to see what is happening, when there is no giveaway (and it annoys me too).

I'd be happy to pass on your suggestion to the GOTD team - and see if anything happens (I know they are very busy - but if you don't ask, you won't get).

Well, I was talking about threads on this forum, not comments on the giveaways.

I don't know if there's a log of threads that gets moderated, but...

The only thing I can think of is relevance,which would be subjective and if I had a bad reputation, which I'm not aware of (I suppose if it was a problem, I would have gotten a message about it).

The answer to that question probably depends on a lot of things.

1. The actual content & it's relevance.
2. The tone (eg. attacking other users rather than discussion software)
3. The spam filter being 'tripped' by the content of your post (on the comments page - not the forums)
4. Previous infringements (if you have a reputation for posting to cause problems - the moderator may be less forgiving of future posts)
5. The point you make in your post has already been made by another user earlier (one or more times).
6. The post is considered to be trolling or 'smartarse' and not related to the giveaway (ie. not a comment on the giveaway software).
7. User error - the post is accidentally deleted during moderation (rare- but tired moderators can make a mistake. It is possible.)
8. The post hasn't been deleted but is sitting in the moderation queue waiting for 'release' to be displayed. (every comment has to be manually approved by someone approved by the GOTD team - which explains a possible delay)

Now as I have no idea which post you are referring to - I can't answer your question. Maybe if you consider if any of the above might apply to you - you might be able to answer your own question.

So calling it "like it is" - they are the main reasons I can see a comment can be not displayed on the main page. Obviously there are other possibilities - but at this hour (1.45am) I can't think of any.

Why do my threads get deleted?

Me, too. I was SO upset when they cancelled it. But at least, they made good and made a movie to end it since the last episode left us in such a lurch.

i love love love farscape!

They used to say "frag" on "Babylon 5" and "Farscape".

Speaking of "frickin'", have you ever seen an episode of the newer version of Battlestar Galactica? They walk around saying "frack!" and "frackin'" all the time, as if by the time we have advanced far enough into the future to fly through the galaxy we would have also taken that great evolutionary leap to the word "frack". -Dan

not to mention immunity.
you're a country girl, i'm a city girl.....i don't like the tiny(microscopic) critters.

maizey- i meant to ask, how did the fishing derby go? i'm sure everyone had a blast.

graylox- i loved the video.

graylox, That frickin' video! ROFLMAO! I loved his retaliation!

I noticed that my 7 year old nephew used that word a few times here while fishing on Saturday. My sister said it's her own fault. He's picked up a few other 'not so nice' words too. She can't seem to recall where they came from! LOL

Cool "Home Sweet Home" links above. I don't have any problems sharing my home and body with those critters. It builds character.

Looking in my dictionary for frickin', I found this :

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/blockedme

graylox- i did not need to know about all the critters i share my home with!

mango-mama- rune was referring to the "m" word which people are finding so offensive.

personally i am not a fan of those kind of words myself. having a 3year old, those kind of words are worse than the usual swear words. although i was not too pleased when my "little angel" used the word frickin' to me...........where could she have learned such frickin' language? i've been restraining myself.
;D

I've been to Canadia (Yes, I misspelled it on purpose). I think wanting to go back would be like wanting to go back to the dentist for another root canal.....without novacaine.

Speaking of which, do the dentists up there even USE novacaine? I would imagine everyone's gums are already so frozen that they can't feel a thing anyway. MwaHaHaHaHa!

Oooppps =\°~°/= Caught w my snowsuit down...

Fortunately, I think I'm the only Cyberspace Sword yielding, Meta-Gun 2000 toting, Butter Knife borrower totally Looney Mango-Mama around (I hope!)
So the Country per se *IS* indeed safe! ;)

:D

You are right maizey, sounds very familiar :

Home Sweet Home :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4457H6Gxd8&feature=related
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Don't want to hijack this thread but speaking about feeling at home
here are some more links :

Home Sweet Home :
children :
http://www.jennybharris.com/

graphic :
http://www.hshpgraphics.com/index.htm

edu:
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dLc-me/zoo/zdhmain.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/
http://www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/templates/hshf_frameset_tem.htm
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/ohio/ohio-home.html

Peaceful? Swords, knives and guns? Sounds like home to me. :)

Pliiihze do tell... Who are u calling "wasteland"??
Are u gearing up for a fight?
You do know *we* Ladies of the Night will make minced meat out of u, right??
««««« With Parsley »»»» (Thank You Suki) :D

You foolish Pretzel. You thought my hands were tied, since the Grand Poobahh confiscated my Sword!!!
But ... I've got a brand new Meta-Gun 2000 from Funky! Bwaahaaaawaaa

People can be so damn jealous of our Great Beautiful Wonderful Peaceful Country!!
Mangoette

We don't talk Canadian because we didn't grow up in a vast, frozen wasteland. MwaHaHaHaHa!!!

Geee, my poor head...
Runny, Peuuuhlize 'sssplain what in the hell are u talking about!!!
Read ur ramblings 3 times - YES, 3x - still can't make heads or tales.
Yes yes, have 4 different dicos opened, still don't get it :(
Have u gotten a strong enough coffee this morning??
Cause I'm confused... Diantre, Maybe was *my* coffee that wasn't strong enough!?!

What or Who is "M"?
I gathered furriners is foreigner, oui? Other than that... I'm totally lost!
I've lived all over the world too, not the US though. So maybe what u are saying is clear for ppl in your country?
Now... you do understand that for *me*, *YOU* are the foreigner, right?? Bwaahawa!!

And BTW, can't understand any of those *** and ****'ing either!
Are u all taking code or what? ¿?¿?¿ It gets frustrating!!

Why in the hell can't *everybody* just talk Canadian, it would be so much easier ;-) HeeeHeee

Actually, Steph, I'm trying hard NOT to offend... but some folk make it so darned INVITING, especially when they feel a need to announce how offensive this or that is while proudly displaying passports and vaccination papers and whistling Kumbaya.

BuBBYCo does a yeoman's job of enforcing TOS with a whip and eraser, but IMHO, keeping a leash on those who would vote for more censorship is just as important.

BTW- We have a special thread dedicated just to highlighting the M's from Crazy Comment Theatre. Maybe to assuage the sensitivities of the PC crowd, "STUPIDEST" substitutes for the M word, but I think it's implied.

BTW2- Some of my favoritest posters are furriners. I luv 'em to pieces. (you know who you are, don't make me embarrass you in public.) If I also spoof a furrin M who's making a fool of him/herself, does that make me xenophobic, or just intolerant of ignorance?

I've lived all over the world, but never in the USA, and whatever you're burbling on about is lost on me. Although you're obviously trying very hard to offend. Sad.

BuBBy, p-p-p-pulease lemme respond!!!!! I haven't used the M-word in a while, especially to label one of those hypersensitive PC speech policey furriner*-lovers. :-)

*

Well, speaking of offensive, insulting and abusive posts, they seem to be rather frequent. I hate seeing people refer to other users as "morons". I think that word is unforgivable.

I also hate seeing so much xenophobic stuff - it's very offensive and totally irrelevant. So honestly, if you wanted to go a bit heavier on the moderation, I wouldn't mind at all.

Well it usually takes too much effort and time to censor with *** (and people are far too good at playing wheel of fortune - for it to be of any point. If the post is actually offensive, insulting or abusive - It is far easier to just delete the entire post (and possibly just ban the user from the forums, outright).

I have to say that I find the moderator '****'ing out words like 'idiots' to be somewhat annoying. Especially when apparently 'morons' is just fine (and appeared a couple of posts above the one of mine that was cut). I only object mildly to the actual censorship; it's the fact that people think I was swearing that I really object to when when in fact I was merely being insulting.

(If the key words are censored in this post too, it'll be somewhat difficult to follow!)

...or some may even get allergic reactions when using ****'s to improve readability..
:)

BuBBy
I am sure you will like this vid Pachelbel Rant posted by Maizey.

Actually TBH I haven't been doing a great deal of moderating - been working on a few other projects that are sucking up my free time. Occasionally it's been more putting out fires where a "questionable comment" gets through - and I start reading through the following - and a mini flame war has started. People have forgotten that they are supposed to be commenting on the program. Instead people are criticising spelling, rubbishing other peoples nationalities, ridiculing peoples "choice" of Windows version - stupid stuff like that. And when those "useful" comments are removed or edited people then want to throw rotten fruit at the moderators.

The forums can be a much more sane (and at times, fun) place to have a reasoned discussion or ask a question.

No1

Hi

Let's put it another way.
BuBBy is likely to receive and moderate a lot of comments each day.
Sometimes a message disappears(that happens to all of us)and at another time of that day a bad comment slips through...

Or the server may have been (too) busy at that particular moment.