Don't do me any favors

koestner,

I thought that was the thread that you were referring to. I think that it was a bit played out in some ways. There was the back and forth with some saying they would never buy counterfeit and myself and others with a different view. Finally, a few days ago I made a comment that I found the comments of the members who opposed the Chinese cables amusing, and a day later my post was removed, and the day after that the thread was taken down.

You’re correct, there really was some interesting information shared about Chinese cables that aren’t counterfeit, so it’s too bad in that way, but we can always start another thread about Chinese cables in general.

Hilde45 makes a good point too.

Yes, I don't know why the whole thing was removed. Maybe the cable advertisers on Audiogon were getting nervous. That's my "Black Helicopter" thinking.

I find the process of out-right deleting threads to be disrespectful to forum users. People invest time, often significant, into responding to threads. When a thread is summarily deleted, that time is essentially stolen from them. I don't consider that a customer friendly process.  I can certainly see closing threads for further comments when they get too far off track or deleting offensive posts, but deleting a whole thread punishes the users.  I would also suggest much clearer rules / guidelines on acceptable topics. People are more accepting of rules, even if they don't agree with them if they are clear, and consistent.

Your idea of simply closing the thread to further posts is good, but of course we have to remember that it's  a private enterprise and they can do what they like.

That said, i am much more concerned when PRIVATE communication is viewed, hosted by a private site or not ...

This appeared when I opened a PM, the first I received from that member. VERY VERY VERY NOT COOL!