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Originally posted by simgrund ↑

It is obvious to me 2centsWorth, that you are not fully aware
of the full history of the “excellent ploy” mentioned above.

This “excellent ploy” was exercised over an extended period of time
and has scuttled many a start-up- initiative that may have benefited PIF members.
I posted my contacts here to enable an off-forum dispassionate discussion of realistic measures.
These contacts were removed by internal-report as confirmed by ‘Comments’ in your self-activated removal.

Version IV all over again; where the REMOVAL is not activated by a moderator,
but by internal act of personality attrition.
To isolate the Point; posts need to be reported to be removed.
Totally logical when presented with thousands of Posts every
day on dozens of Forums.

Hope this helps.
If not, you may be interested to continue on [email protected]
Your contributions are welcomed and appreciated.

Regards,

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Hi Simgrund,

unfortunately, I am fully aware how long this complaint has been travelling in this Forum.
It started in the dying days of the Yahoo Forum, with a brief respite at the beginning of the
the current Hot Copper Forum. Then soon after, the Post removals, and the reducing of
Appreciation Points donated to Posters, started to become prevalent.
This was causal of my desertion from the Forum for quite a long time, as I greatly resented
the fact that somebody could from anonymity, take down a Post of interest, before I could
read it, thereby introducing a very much unfair and unwanted censorship!
Many of the major Posters of that time, including yourself, have since railed against this
practice on many, many occasions, Seamisty recently refreshed the argument to which we
responded, BUT... there is NO REPLACE BUTTON!! and MODERATORS must follow the Code
shown as follows:
Upholding the Code:
It is the policy of HotCopper to allow users to discuss issues in a free and open manner (subject to the principles outlined in this Code and in the Terms). HotCopper will not take sides in disagreements or disputes involving Site users, so PLEASE DO NOT ASK US TO DO SO.
If one chooses to use the REPORT button on any Post, he can ask a Moderator to remove said post,
the Moderator then checks if their reason fits the guidelines, and if so, is obliged to carry out the request.

So Simon, where exactly does this leave us? WHO can we approach for arbitration under these rules?
If you can supply some help in that direction here, I will gladly follow, otherwise, I can only see it
as futile as just baying at the moon!

Cheers.