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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...

allenf1963
immatthewj
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@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.

dill
2,443 posts
 

I could care less, talk about anything you want. I was just answering the title question of this thread. 

allenf1963 OP
272 posts
 

@czarivey -- Thanks, Brother.  Sometimes we just need to brag on our Fur Kids.  My own kids are full-fledged adults....so Fur Kids are all I have that mind me (sometimes).

@immatthewj -- Yes, Bruce The Brown Dog (when he was a puppy people would look at this strange looking dog and ask, "What is he?".  My son would say, "He's a Brown Dog!") is definitely on the smaller side.  He has lost probably 10 pounds in the last few years.  Getting to be an old feller.  Been with us 13 years and still lives to chase his ball.  You have extra dependents, not pets.  That's some big pups!

czarivey
5,691 posts
 

Now, it clearly figures that threads bashing ultra-mega-jumbo-mumbo-priced components such as 6-figures on pretty-much any component will get axed. manufacturers of such equipment are watching this site to interfere and ask to shut it down manually. Rockplrt-Lyra thread had been recently closed mainly because of that. Admins and Audiogon staff status becoming very shaky and untrustworthy indeed!!! 

 

czarivey
5,691 posts
 

Recently axed for NO REASON other than conversation about high-priced 6-figure speaker:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/sad-news-jay-sold-his-new-rockport-lyra-speakers

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