Join audio asylum if you want to see threads and posts getting deleted. That site has a whiny moderator that is the king of thread/post deletion.
I Don't Understand What Determines When A Thread Gets The Axe
I've only been a member of Audiogon since 2016 or 2017, so maybe some "old timers" could fill me in. I don't understand how threads covering "beaten like a dead horse" topics, for example, oh off the top of my head, "Cable Deniers", can carry on for days or weeks, have pages and pages of posts from Members that frankly get quite ugly with name calling and basically Grade School playground behavior...yet the Moderators never say a word or never step in with the, "This Discussion Is Closed" Czar-like ruling.
However, when a Member like, say @verdantaudio, tries to warn us about Fraudulent Retail Websites AND has proof that these sites are ripping people off, along with proof from other Audiogon Members who provide examples of these sites conducting fraudulent business activities, the Discussion is shut down and closed. WHO decided to close the discussion? The original poster? Audiogon? How do you find out? Better yet, WHY was a topic as important as Fraud shut down after only 30 posts, some with extremely valuable information such as one member who had done a Whois.com research showing extremely sketchy information and another Member who had information about the state of Kansas Fraud Unit investigating one of the companies.
Is it because a Forum Member kept complaining about the post? Do the businesses in question advertise on Audiogon? I'm very curious who makes the decisions on which discussions get shut down and which discussions are allowed to drone on and on with behavior and comments that people would NEVER have the guts to say to one another face to face. I've truly wondered this ever since I joined this fantastic audio community -- a place where I've learned more in 7 years than I had learned in the previous 35 years!
I must say I wasn't at all surprised when I saw the discussion had been closed. After all, a Member had made this cryptic post -- "My guess is this thread won't last." Let's see how long this one does (before it gets zapped, I'd sure like to know the outcome of the Kansas fraud unit that is investigating the company).
Slow down and enjoy the music...
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If you think that's bad . . . ha ha . . . three years ago this coming March, we adopted a couple of 8 week old shelter puppies (brother & sister). What a destructive duo! |
@allenf1963 , good to hear from a fellow animal lover and audiophile (although I am not sure the audiophile handle applies to me). Not familiar with the Plott Hound breed, but the two puppies we adopter were both boxer mixes (35% according to the DNA that came with the "plan" we put them on; and what we didn’t know at the time was that there was also some American Staffordshire mixed in--the female is highly energetic, but her brother is turning into a couch potatoe, which is fine by me). Anyway, what I didn’t mention when I responded to your "kitten post" (and kittens are fun) was the dog adoption I referred to occurred after my beloved rescued Rat Terrier mix died three years ago and I was heart broken. And along with those two Tasmanian Devil Puppies, we also adopted a third dog--a five year old Shepherd-Beagle mix named Jack. I was the only one who originally saw his charm, but it turns out (not a surprise to me) that he is the sweetest dog of the trio. Those kittens will keep you on your toes, but it will be fun to watch as they mature into cats. Keep on rocking! |
@allenf1963 , at the risk of further antagonizing @dill , I will only say that after reading what you wrote about the development of the Plott Hound, I am surprised that "the brown dog" (Boxer/Plott mix) only weighs in at 35 lb.s! Getting back to those two puppies I told you about (female 35% Boxer, 35% American Staffordshire, aka pit, 30% parts unknown, and the Male 35% Boxer 25% Staffy, 12% American Bulldog 30% parts unknown, the female matured at 69 pounds and the male at a whopping 89 pounds! Anyway, reading what you wrote about the lineage of the Plott, they do not seem totally unlike the Pit. |