The Case Of The Disappearing Thread

Threads get closed and moved, for various reasons, and I respect that. Usually, the reasons are obvious, and there's a clear indication that the thread's been closed or moved. This morning, I looked for a thread in the Environmental Discussion forum, and it wasn't there. I could have sworn it was there yesterday. There's not even a record of any of my posts in that thread in my 'recent activity' - it's like all traces of the thread's alleged former existence have been wiped clean.

Some of the usual suspects were involved, and the word politics was mentioned more than once, so I can only assume it's been moved to the VIP lounge, aka the political free-for-all forum. If my choice is to descend back into that particular hell, or sit here in wonder, well....here I am, wondering.

Still, it would be nice to have some indication that a thread's been moved, and I'd prefer to retain a record of what I've written.

 

Interesting. This means it's my mind that's lost. That's not good.

It wasn't the Spencer one, but damned if I can recall the name.

Do you have access to a record of moved threads? Maybe the last 48 hours instead of 24?

 

Thank you, Tideland and Paradox.

I'm glad to know it's not just my imagination. I tried to argue that the issue was beyond politics -silly me.

The post count doesn't really concern me - I'm here for the conversation, not the points. I understand my comments have been moved, along with the rest of the thread, and I suppose if I can no longer participate anyway, it doesn't really matter if they're no longer part of my own record. It just seemed kinda spooky when all traces of the thread's existence were eradicated.

Please don't take my comments as criticism of the moderation - you're doing a good job with a difficult task.